The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911, July 08, 1909, Image 5
BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS See us for sale bills. , Watches, SI to $o0 at. Crabill's. I Fine job work done at this office. j Diff line of sterling silverware at i Crabill's. j For jewelry, watches, rings, silver- ware, clocks, and cut glass see Crabil!. j WANTED -Work in private home or hotel, call lOf. Mrs. Victoria Bone line. 22-3 H. E. Smith and F. A. Clements of Eagle were county seat visitors Wednesday. Geo. Cook of Alvo.ar.d W. 0. Ogden of Weeping Water.are in the rity doing service on the jury. Adam Hild had business in the city Wednesday. He has almost recovered from an attack of rheumatism L. C. Kirkpatrick, a prominent citi zen of Nehawka, was a business visi tor in the city Tuesday. John F. Wehrbein took advantage of the wet weather to attend to some but i ness in town Wednesday. County Commissioners Jordan and Switzer were in attendance at a meet ing of the county board Tuesday. Drs. I. C. Munger and J. M. Neely of Elmwood were in the city on busi ness at the court house Wednesday. There will be a special service at the Murray Christian church Sunday night to which all are invited, subject, Fools. J. E. Latta of Weeping Water came in Tuesday evening and attended to business returning to his home Wednes day. J. V. egenberger and his brother, F. G., were passengers for Kansas City, Mo., where they have business to look after. A. W. Hallam, wife and son, Oliver, returned to their home at Lincoln after a visit over the Fwurth with Mrs. Kate Oliver. Miss Bertha Thomas departed for her home at Omaha today after a few days' visit in the city at the home of Hans Tarns. Mr. ard Mr?. Otto F. Lau came in from their home near Elmwood Wednes day to attend to business matters at the county court nouse. Emmons Richey left on No. 39 for Louisville Wednesday where he went to attend to business connected with his sandpit and lumber interests. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Schaefer came in from their home rear Cedar Creek and attended to some trading in the county seat today. Nick reports a large amount of rainfall in that vicinity. District Court couvened Tuesday morning. Judge L. M. Pemberton of Beatrice is on the bench, as Judge Travis was unable to assume the duties on account of his recent illness. Mrs. Fred Muster of Eagle came in last evening for a few days' visit in this city. Mrs.' Muster visited the News-Herald" office in reference to h3r subscription while in the city. , Miss Agne3 Foster, who has been visiting in this city several weeks with her parent, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fos ter, returned Wednesday morning to her duties as nurse at one of the hos pitals in Omaha. Mrs. G. N. Larue of Union received the sad intelligence that her sister, Mrs. Kucastle, of Whitewood, So. Dak. had died suddenly on Weenesday. Mrs. Larue ard her sister left today for Lead, the place of interment. Mrs. A. B. Stout and sister, Miss Nellie Stout, accompanied former Lieutenant Governor Harris to his home at Talmage, Nebr., for a few days' visit. They had been here to attend the funeral of the late B. F. Stout. Former Lieut. Gov. J. E. Harris, of Talmage, Nebr., arrived in the city Wednesday to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, B. F. Stout of New York City. Mr. Harris is well known in this city and spent some time visit ing in the city. Mrs. E. J. Coleman of Glenwood.Ia., and her mother Mrs. Sarah Harding departed for Lincoln Wednesday where they will visit with relatives for a few days. They had been visiting at the home of the former's son R. E. Cole man in this city. Old Cass In Court. Sum II. Smith of Kansas City, Mo., is riK'tered at the Hotel Riley. Mr. Smith is in the city on business '.con nect! with a casein District Cot, entitled Smith, McCord, Townsemi Dry Good. Co., vs Henry R. Gering, in which the company sues for an amount due on an old account against Henry Herold, for which Mr. Gering was se curity, Byron Clark represents the dry goods company, while Matthew Gering looks after the interests of Mr. Gering. ' Will Serve oo Jury. Peter Eveland and wife were visitors in the city Wednesday, coming in from their home near Murdock on business toinected with the settlement of the Meteer estate. Mrs. Eveland returned home that evening but Peter v ai caught by Sher iff Quiton and compelled to do service on the jury at the present session of District Court. , ESEF.VED RAISE -IN' SALARY. John G. Stark, the gentlemen who aspires to serve Cass county in the ca pacity of treasurer, was in the city this week on matters pending in the county court. He is settling up the Robert Mattier estate and the many eccentric requests made the settlement no easy matter to properly adjust. By the way how does John strike you to handle the county's cash? Farm Bargain in Cass County. 400 acres at G7.50. No buildings. Splendid stock and grain farm. Close to town and school. Good terms. Ad dress, R. A. Nicholson, Newton, la. Hellish Fashions. Ills satanlc majesty touched a but ton and summoned his head Imp. "What Is all- that noise In Factory sti(?et?" "Your Imperial majesty, It Is the women mobbing the new corset fac tory. They are all demanding one of those new 'redhot, electric-charged cor sots.'' "Sufferln' souls!" Rasped his majes ty, "and I thought I had Invented a new torment." "The mistake was In forcing that French girl to wear one first. She made 'em all believe they are the very latest style." "Saints above! and I thought I un derstood women. Well, well, now that I think of It, the plan works out bet ter .than I thought. Take 'era away from all the ladles but a few; see that they are advertised as tlje very latest fashion and I guess that will make those women who can't get 'em suffer all rlKht. all rlaht." Puck. Theatrical Advance Agent Had Neat Scheme That Brought Him Popularity. The vnluo of the ability to know .'aces end the names that go with them 8 a recognizable asset among sales lien and all people who have dealings Ith a large number of persons. An idvance agent of a theatrical concern, Sliding that he was not gtfted that way, hit upon a new schenie.ffor help ing matters along. Immediately after leaving a town he card-Indexed very man with whom he came in contact reporters, hotel men, managers and merchants. He wrote a short descrip tion of their facial appearance, to gether with some Incident which oc curred while he was with them. The next year, while on the train, he would study the cards relating to the people of tho next town he was to visit. The result was that whenever he met a man he saw tho year before he would say something like this: "Why, hello, Jackson'! The last time I saw you we were still laughing over that fellow who slipped on the lee with a pall of milk In his hands. I have thought of It a thousand times since." A raise In salary greeted the ad vance nent the next year, for he had every town his way long before the show reached It. A Peculiar Wish. Young Chap Blame the luck! My future father-in-law has been Indicted for forging a check for 10,000 marks. If he Is found guilty, then I cannot many his daughter; and If he is Inno cent, then I get nothing by way of a dowry. My only hope Is that he will be set free and also that he Is not 'nnocept Kliegendo Dlaetter. Red Cotton Bug India's Pst. One of the most destructive as well as one of the most offensive pests that afflict the planters of India Is the red cotton bug. The Insect has been re ported as a cotton pest from every part of the country. Its presence is detected by tho offensive odor. New York's Costly Plant. Central park In New York city Is assessed at the valuation of $215,000, 000, not for th purpose of taxation, but so as lo show tho amount of real estate value that Is exempt taxes. from Might Happen. He "Nothing could ever come be tween us, could It dear?" She-"I can't think of a sinsle thing, unless I should happen to become engaged to some other man before we get married." Stray .Stories. Boots and Gloves. ! In a lvtvnt divorce case In Scotland It was testified that a lady, searching j her maid's trunks, found 200 pairs of her own old gfoves therein. "Abn ad." said a dealer, amnt this happeiiini:. "it Isn't unusual for a wom an of fashion to have 200 pahs ol gloves. At tho sale of the ducluss of Somerset's things, over 2.000 pairs, all as good a new, were put up. "You see, gloves are cheaper abroad Over there you'll pay a dollar for an article l hat would cost you $2.50 here Put, aside from that, foreign women Incline to go in more for gloves ami boots, too than we do. Tho foreign woman is apt to he better gloved and booted than her American tister." It Was th- Cat. The yellow-haired hostess rushed suddenly to the center table, took nl. the papers oft" and tnuiotho.l down f thh-k, tKtr.'y yellow :1.1a that lay there "It's my rat," she oxj-lshirj. "Mj ;,cor little t t rnt that died last spriiif; h'u't i e.t '.f nl ? She wua a lovc' cat. m S"C her ijctuie up there en tho wi.ll v"'. n the was r.'ive. Iivel) !Ir,Io kit!,; " she i urred to th? skin vk!U k-.iiik" of her pr;ts td.u.'l.Iercu and one whh-. cred t-.i thr- other: "I don't set how the "nuhl ilo It. l'c r ither I. are t're shin ef my hui?.ml ou tho table or I'.oor than my pet cat." Children Are Victims. A member of the Society for Pollt Icnl Study In New York mid the other, (by that the ftirtorlee rlntrr mors victims than the rivers In Chin ever !M, nior; llttl children going tc their il'titli from these places. The 'riilues ar. 1 the sweat slu-ps ur" worst than the fuctorles, site nM. In the course ef the discussion the point waf brought out that there Is doubt as tc whether tho mothers In China vtr dc throw tiif'r children Into th -'-ts Hallway of Carved Sicilian Carta.' A ynn.ig woman in New York with a purso long enough to satisfy her craving for artistic expression In hei home hns constructed a hallway nnd stairs nut of carts used by Sicilian peasants. These carts, as every globe trotter knows, are painted In the most vivid colors, and frequently show fine examples of wood Cdrvlng. The hall way is paneled with the sides, fronts and tnll'.oards of carts, and the carv ings Itic'tidc cherubs' heads, angeU and saints. Spokes are used for bal uster spindles, and shafts have been spliced for the stair railing. The ef feet Is somewhat barbaric, but hai been admired by many artists. The young woman Is proud of her concep tlon and execution, and flatters her self on the probability that she owns the only exhibit of the kind In the world. County Treasurer's Semi-Annual Statement FROM JANUARY 1, 1909 TO JULY 1,1909 State General Fund State School Fund State University Fund State Redemption Fund , State School Principal , State School Land interest..., State School Land Lease County General Fund County Bridge Fund County Soldier Relief Fund... County Road Fund . . District Road Fund District School Fund District School Bond Fund Plattsmouth Precinct.. Louisville Precinct Teachers School Individual Redemption Plattsmouth City Weeping Water City Louisville village Greenwood village South Bend village Elmwood village Eagle villr.ge Union vilagc Avoca village Murdock village Free High School. .'. Docket Fee Advertising Special Tax Taxes Under Trotest Scavenger Tax Sales Miscellaneous Collections Permanent Road Fee Account 1 I " a a. f 3 4059 15 20345 54 1 23306 9( 1097 73 17 22 32 24 17 54 31 92 1004 68 4771 73j 5-194 70 - 281 71 942 90 4762 68 5457 43 248 15 14 60 206 55 221 15 83 16 151 47 142 89 91 74 7317 46 i483 31 27562 14 900 00 22272 35 13190 56 4622 34 19059 75! 17495 38 6186 71 3 76 900 00 1 03, 756 04 148 75 4693 38 7159 79j 143 19 . 11709 98 15712 37 9268 29 r 9056 11 15924 55 36501 26 47425 89 135 00 52531 93 31200 22 3687 12 1620 49: , 2978 40 2329 21 1913 19 1 77! 1061 41 853 55 511 52 171 77) 1029 82 316 53 5617 63 1093 00 5259 72 8449 26 3523 09 82 18 ' 3617 99 3473 75 256 42 3631 60 33S 65 7789 36 10880 10 879 51 504 96 730 19! 964 53 270 62 175 4 2 334 641 , 304 66 205 40 141 25 278 31! 5 57 41G 352 76 75 78j ' 3-11 52 87 02 563 88 565 50 958 79 170 59 35 89 24 65 100 24 ! 2 00 158 78 222 76 138 68j 2 77 -' 358 67 177 37 75 35 1 51 251 21 103 78j 11(5 61 106 li: 114 28 3726 00 133 00 1 1532 75: 2328 25 8 00 8 00 -27 30 27 30 363 o 363 30 202 72 90 45 ; 4 11 289 Of. 141 89 11 50 ' 153 39 2353 01 1448 011 1095 00 10 00 3348 69 146 42 10 10 3485 01 1099 45 2512 81 59 50 I 1950 00 1721 76 TOTALS No outstanding registered warrants. F. E. SCIILATER, County Treasurer. 101215 34 6489 42164912 98 14S3 31 2493 30,170932 83 346 53(98034 83 ' Overdrawn 34653 Cash on hand 97688 30 I There's Just Ooe Best Place I t Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y f : ? Y Y TO BUY GROCERIES SQEMST IOH f Y Y Y Y Y i v t Y Y Y Y Y X Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Hotter Than Ever No relief you sav? Oh yes there is. Just drop in and try one of our delicious Soda Confections. Allow us to suggest one of the following. ) ( Celery Phosphate l 5C I Caret Phosphate ) I Fruit Phosphate Chocolate Frappe "f(n Violet Frapp Iiose Frappe IwU j Caramel Frapp Root Beer Coco Cola Orangeade e pe Sundaes, any Flavor, So and lOo. Ice Cream Soda with Crushed Fruit, 5c and 10c Remember, a 5c purchase is one vote in the diamond ring contest. NEMETZ- & CO. Candymikers. Next to P. O. Y Y Y T Y T f Y Y Y t I x ATCHISON LEAVENWORTH KANSAS CITY ST. LOUIS Arc Best Reached by the CHICHESTER S PILLS 1 ESS VI 4'h.4-htMt-r'a IMumiid UmtilV I'lIU In K. d n. Ti.rnhlAVf l"'r, tcaliil ilh IIIk Kilil.n. 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These little time keepers stand about 9 1-2 inches high, are handsomely finished in oxidized copper, are fitted with alarms, and are excellent timekeepers in every respect. If you want one renew your subscription for a year in advance and send us one new subscriber. Or, if preferable, re new your own subscription and pay 50 cents for the clock. This clock would sell regularly for $1.50 or $1.75. Order early as only a few remain. The News-Herald a Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y ; ? Y Y Y Y Y T V- f Y Y Y T Y Y t f Y Y Y Y Y t T T T ? t Y Y r t