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IMattemoutb Volume XXIV PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 7. 1904. Number 27 journal TART CURB-STONE JOSHIIiGS Culled, Clipped, Penciled and Prepered for the Readers of the Journal. TIs tin- vol.1,- of tin- kli'ki r. I lieur lilm cuiiipliilii: ll Is uIhu.vn "tiKi rt" or " VV nreil more r;iiu i" Hi' kleks ut tin' ellnriie. Hi- kicks at tin- timet: Tin-re Is nnthliiK tli;it suits lilm - Ills soul's lilu-Olil O rimes! Hut I hf kl.'ki r can't kick tin' Sweet knowledge uy, Thiit Koiirlh nf July's pust And lumeuf us feel) ' Everybody'sglad the Fourth isover ain't youV Some men stop drinking for the pleasure of beginning again. How did you like the celebration, anyhow? 1 on't all speak at once. The man who can't tell the truth without lying about it, is positively lost. Old Wheat will soon have to crowd over and make room in the bin for New Wheat. Love is blind. Cnfortunately the rest of the world isn't, and insists on looking on. Women's costumes this year, are heavily trimmed. So are the men that have to pay for them. They tell us tlmt there urn mi trusts. We lieur with meek surprise. And wonder where the money Kncs Whene'er the prices rise. According to Secretary Shaw the per capita in this country is greater than ever before. It won't be that way long, If the priceof beef keepson rising It has been figured out that in two billion years no girls will lie iorn In about two billion years a week'! life won't be worth living, will It, boys? The Kansas penitentiary lias a brass band of sixteen men, eight of w hom are life prisoners. Kansas does get the right men in the right place now and then. An old maid of this city says that "even the worst kind of a marriage isn necessarily a failure. They both still have a fighting chance." Rut how does slie know? People naturally expect to get a few pounds lighter in the summer, but they object when the piece of Ice left at the door each morning also arrives short weight. Speaking of equal rights: A girl can't climb a cherry tree without everyone stopping totakeaclosscrlook than If it were a boy. Well, a girl has no business In a cherry tree, anyway It Is rather amusing to stand around on the streets and listen to the dilfer ent opinions of the celebration. Most of them express themselves that it was in many respects very poorly managed The youth and beauty of Cass county was well represented in I'lattsmouth ;on the Fourth. A casual observer could esily distinguish the fact that the handsomest young ladles present were from the rural districts. If you want to know what your friends say about you in your absence, Just listen to what they say about their other friends who are not there If they talk alxwt one they will talk about another you can bet on mat "Gone to his reward," remarked an old settler Monday, when speaking of Paul Morton. A bystander asked, "Why; is he dead?" "No," was the reply, "only entered the Roosevelt cabinet after two weeks service as a republican." A Journal reporter conversed with numerous farmershere on the Fourth, and they were a uult in the expression tlmt com Dromlses a bountiful crop. Apples also promise well, and In many orchards the trees arc rainy groaning under their heavy weight of peaches, A few of the farmers here Monday rinim t hat, annlcs continue to fall from the trees in their orchards, and that ti, riind is covered with them, which spent to have been cut oil by the little green bugs that have takeu al most complete possession or me trees rmmtv is krood enough forme," remarked a citizen last Saturday, who had just returned from a trip in seen r n better country. He continued: -v.i i.rsnn out-lit to go to any other country from Cass county, unless it be Heaven. A man who lives nerc ucuny all his life and then goes out into the ..ri,i ii, Hull a better country, issim ply fooling away time and squandering i..,i'u ..ii i 1 1.1 vn to sav." and IMOlie, maw n " he walked away. A mm who would rob from charity u in never need bother the devil to open the gate for him when he goes down there. He Is small enougu w ....... I H,r.m,rh till' kOVllOlC. He Will I,., to throw aside his deceltfu religions rolio when ho departs from this mundane sphere, and take his nnin with those who dcrrauu and cheat Innocent people out of their Just dues, while doing business on uus earth. Hades Is his miai noun;. The K'9t Move. Quite a nuuiberof the prominent bus iness men of this citv met at the A O. W. hall last Thursday night and organ ized a Commercial nub, with the fol lowing otllivrs: W. W. Coates, presi- lent; C. C. Wescott. vice president ; (n'oris-e Pearson, secretary: Walter J. White, treasurer. The following gen tlemen were selected as an executive committee to act in conjunction with officers elected: I. C. Morgan, 11. M. Soennichsen and T. M. Patterson. The meeting was one in which much interest was manifested, and the Jour- al hopes that every business man In Plattmotith w ill become a member of the club. Nothing like it for the pro tection of home interests.audthen it is bound to prove hcnelicial to every cit izen for our business men "to dwell to gether h harmony." Success to the I'lattsmouth Commercial Club. Miraculous Escape. Last week County Superintendent Wortman visited Louisville, Murdock, Greenwood, Alvo, Eagle, F.lmwoed, Avoca, Alvo, Weeping Water, Ne hawka, 1'nion and Murray, for the purpose of collecting the annual re ports from the school directors of the various' districts. On returning home froiu.the latter point, last Thursday evening, and juslaftcrcomlng down a hill, tliis sldcof the town onto a bridge, one of the horses got one of its hind feet In a hole in the structure and fell oil, with the other horse on top, and Mr. Wortman on top of both. Alter considerable work he succeeded in get ting the horses straighted out and linally got the leg of the horse released without serious injury. It was a mi raculous escape for Mr. Wortman as well as the horse, and he says he can't see how the horse escaped a broken leg and he himself serious injury. The Burdick-Johns Wedding. The following, in reference to the marriage of Miss Florence Johns, for merly of I'lattsmouth, we clip from the Knoxville (Iowa) Express: "Mar ried, Monday evening, June 27, at the Baptist parsonage, He v. Edmonson of ficiating, Roy Burdick and Miss Flor ence Johns. Mr. Burdick Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Burdick and has re sided In Knoxville all his life. Miss Johns is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Johns, who recently came to Knoxville, Mr. Johns being employed in installing the new gas plant. Mr. and Mrs. Burdick left last evening for a short visit with relatives and friends in the east." Fifty Years In Nebraska. J. G. Hansen, of near Nehawka, one of the pioneers of Cass county, gave the Journal a call Saturday for the purpose, of renewing his subscription He is spending a few days with Uncle Nick Halmes, his brother-in-law, and as that gentleman hardly ever falls to come to i'lattsmouth on .Saturday, Mr. Hansen came with him. Mr. Han sen came to Nebraska fifty years ago the third day of this month, and has resided here ever since. He is one of Cass county's most respected citizens and we are always delighted to sec him, and while age advances we trust he will live long to enjoy his hard earned competency of pioneer days. What a Shame! It is said that at Lincoln the people have become so good and pious that they have Induced the police to put a stop to the "spooning" by both old and young in the public parks of that city. The police have been instructed to arrest all parties found guilty of such a "crime" and place them in jail until the police judge can hear tneir cases and levy a fine. What a puritan ic old town Lincoln is getting to be. It will not lie long till they will try and prevent people from getting mar ried. Trje Green-Eyed Monster. We occasionally hear people speak of buying their goods from mail order houses or these pay-for-what-you nev-cr-saw concerns and declare that they are saving the middle man's profits. They seem to think that the middle man is a green-eyed monster whom they must surely avoid, that the re taller Is a thug with a knife up his sleeve and the only reliable sort of folks are the wholesalers who sell a lot of Junk "direct to the consumer." Died at the Insane Hospital. The remains of Mrs. Electa Pohl man, who died In the Insane hospital at Lincoln, arrived here Friday eve ning, and the funeral services were held at the station under the auspices of the Loyal Mystic Legion lodge, anl the service at the cemetery conducted by Rev. II. Barkman of the German Lutheran church. FOURTH OF JULY III PLATTSMOUTH A Most Beautiful Day and An Immense Crowd Present to Participate in the Gay Festivities. Perhaps one of the largest crowds that ever assembled in this city at tended the celebration here on Mon day. Notwithstanding the heavy loads, people were here from many miles distant. The sidewalk on eith er side of Main street was one moving mass of people from early morn until Old Sol hid himself in the western horizon. The day was an ideal one for an event of this character the heat not being so excessive as to prevent any froin enjoying themselves If they felt so disposed. Of course the con tinued discharge of shell explosives kept up its noises the whole day. much to the displeasure of the older people, but Young America Is no respecter of persons on this one day of the year. ii(l we don t nlaine llieni, for we were vouug ourselves, once, not so many years ago. We believe in the old saying, "go it while young, for when you get old you can't." The morning trains brought in big delegations from Omaha, Lincoln, Ilavclock, South Bend, Louisville and Cedar Creek. There were also a large number from Iowa points. The business houses on Main street with the exception of three or four were profusely decorated and every thing bore the appearance of a grand, gala day. The program, being undir the auspices of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, was opened by numerous con certs by the Bohemian band on the cross streets of Main. AT TIIK l'AUK. At 10:30, or about that hour, quite a crowd had gathered at Gartield park to listen to the singing of the .Eagle Quartette of Omaha, and hear the oration of Hon. Geo. W. Maguey, of the metropolis of Nebraska. After the rendition of several excellent numbers by the quartette, which were highly appreciated by all, Judge II. I). Travis as president of the day, In his usual happy mannerintroduce'fWie speakerf Many will agree w ith us when we say that this was one of the finest orations ever heard on a similar occasion in this city, and it was one well adapted to the occasion. The speaker had the direct attention of his hearers and from this fact it could he easily seen that his speech was one that pleased the masses. While the audience at the park was very respectable as to numbers, it was not what it should have been, and perhaps not what it would have l!en, had there boon no "bobble" on the part of the manage ment. Rev. Ferd Pougeon, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., then addressed the as semblage in behalf of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, explaining the char acter of the lodge, etc., after which the exercises closed at the park by the rendition of a humorous number by the quartette. The shooting contest near the river was quite largely attended, there be ing in the neighborhood of fifty en tries, John Gauer of Cedar Creek cap turing first honors. Numcroussports men from towns in Iowa and points In Nebraska were present but It seems they were unable to cope with Cass county's crack shooter. Trobably the most interesting fea ture of the forenoon was the Turners exhibit, which was very entertaining as well as instructive, and the class was frequently applauded. The class cunslstcd of Ernest Wurl, John, Wll ken, Chas. Wilken, Robert Bkhtcr, Wm. Dougherty and Fred Barger. The parade In the afternoon was not just exactly what the peoplecxpected, but we cannot put the blame directly on the committee who had this' part of the program In charge, asqulteanum ber who had faithfully proiplsed to take part and :take this one of the principal feature at the last moment "came up missing." However, under- the circumstances the" parade was very respectable. ' ' . ,Tjovv did yon Tike It? "it was a beautiful day. Two mcrry-go-'rounds furnished the principal amusement for the young folks. The dance at Coates' hall was large ly attended. The day and night fireworks were witnessed by thousands of people-and thou some. . ThexeWscs were too much scat terCo"arici wc heard considerable com vila'tnt on this account. People who J attend a celebration want to sco the whole buftifless, Miss Katheryn Windham who ap- peare.l in the parade .is the "Goddess of Libertv," riilinc in a charlut drawn by four ponies, captured tin- prize for the lines! decorated eliicle. John Hall's delivery wagon was handsomely decorated with hunting and Hags, and was the only husiness house represented in the parade. He isnlavcd the nnu'er sniiit and de lves credit. Six arrests were made, hut, there ei'e lio sel iolis out bleaks. The Ini- ifiense tlirong was pretty well maii aV't d by the police force. Ice cream and lemonade llowed pro isely and the dispensers of these hot eather commodities did a "land of e business." All In all the people seemed to en y themselves; perhaps principally cause It was the Fourth of .Inly, and Uicy desired to pay tribute to the ithers of our Count ry. I f the cele- Ifcatii'li was not carried out to the Iter, let it be said, to their credit, at the committees did their best to fcake the exercises interesting to all. High Mass at St. John's Church. A solemn High Mass of Requiem for e late Fat.herCarney was .sung at St. 1 olin's Catholic chinch Wednesday, July (i, at 10 o'clock a. in., by the Very Rev. Emanuel Ilartig, Vicar General of Nebraska City, assisted by several ptiests. Mrs. Kate Mary presided at the organ and the Misses Ella and lu'iia uarKann Mr. uonrad Sclilalcr sang the solemn Gregorian High Mass for the dead. The service was very Impressive. The ladies oft be church furnished breakfast Vor tlw visiting priests. V Kev. Father E. Har,lg-canim,to Ne braska In the eany tilliVsund fyisthe first priest to celebrate fyais In iSatts mouth. He says he wasittjver sickand Is hale and hearty today at the age of seventy-five years. J lie following out-ot-towu guests were present and took part In the ex ercises: Revs. Father Wallace of Gret na, Neb., Feeney of Auburn and J. F. IJemiessey of Mauley. A large congre gatlon was present. Welt-Earned Vacation. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stoutenborough departed Tuesday for a recrttlHH tour of two weeks. They will lirst visit Chicago and thence to Berlin, Wis., to visit friends. Mr. Slouten- borough is agent for the M. IVrall road and the company has granted him an extended lay-olT for the, lirst time in several years, which he JnosJ. truly deserves. The Journal hopes the trip will greatly benefit himt and wishes both Mr. and Mrs. Stouten borough a pleasant trip. I n the inean time the company's alfairs here ftill he well looked after by Mr. lleritiiUi Les- sel, the night operator. - Old Cass County Good Elieugh. v Andy Snyder, vvbo wculi with party to Canada a few nloiiths since came in from the I'aclJiB.cuast Friday evening. He went from'. Canada to California, and on ids reUljru stopped in various points In Montana and Col orado. He says Cass county Is good enough for him, and that he saw num erous other former Cass county people who were of the same opinion. Leav ing "well enough alone" Andy thinks is a very good motto, and if lived up to strictly many .would he better fixed In the end. Mortgage Record for June. Following is the Cass county moft gage record for the past month: KAUM ntOl'KKTY. 1 Instruments filed, amount h 31.1 released, " .'14 tilii CITY rilOI'EUTY. ' Instruments filed, amcunt. ...'. 3 5!ii released, " 5 ww Thirteen farm mortgages were tiled and twenty released. Eight town mortgages filed and nine released. Notice. Ladies wishing to renew their mum borshlp in the I'lattsmouth Woman'i Club are requested to give their name to Mrs. L. A. Moore, as the secretary Is absent. Those who have not U-en members and who wish to join the club, must hand In their name through a friend who Is now a member, and who will turn It over to the member ship committee for consideration A prompt response to this notice Is re quested as the executive committee will meet soon to decide on the next year's work and It Isneccssary to know the extent of our membership lieforc making out the program and placing our year book In the hands of the printer. Mks. L. A. Moonr., President Painting, decorating and sign writ Imr. Work guaranteed. Leave orders al Frlcke'sdrug store. L. Baldwin UNNING 0ETECTIVE WORK isplaycd by Sherltl McBride Leads to the Capture ot a Supposed Horse Thief. I'lie it ailcrs of t lie Journal will no lonbt remember that accounts of horse stealing have appeared In these llllllls dill IliL' t lie past few moot lis, mid that in all Instances Ihe thief ems to have eluded all pursuit up to the present t line. Not many weeks since a team was olen Irom tlie I, inn o ,. 1', Sturm, near Nehawka. Preceding this theft, I. W. liigwerson, a fanner residing in the same ueiihliorhnoil, al so bad a, line teiun of mules. liuuk'V ind harness stolen. Also, a team was takeu from a hitch-iack in the village f Louisville In Ihe meant line. From the very date of the two lirst I hefts, on learning I lie particulars ot the cases, Sheiiil' Mc.ltride has been conv ineeii mat t lie same parly stole both teams. A young man liy the name of haniel Kolm worked for both Mr. Sturm and Mr, liigwerson, and ibout the time the.se teams were la- ken his presence was noticed in the Icinity. About ten days ago a team was stolen from a farmer In the vicin ity of Springfield, ami an investigation disclosed the fact that Kohn had been seen in thai vicinity previous to tin theft and had mysteriously disappear- ii atiout tiin time (lie team was missing. In the meantime ShcrilT McBride had been on the alert, never giving up the idea that Kohn was Hie guilty man from this county, and lie kept up i continued correspondence with tin authorities in all the adjoining conn ties and other sections, not only of Ne braska, hut of the Dakntns as well, and at last has been rewarded by hav Ing the suspected horse thief placed hi ail in Omaha, charged with a minor offense for which he will be confined for thirty days, which will give the lutborities plenty of time to Unci out if lie is really the man t hey want. Sherlll McBride deserves great, cred It for his incessant work on these cases. He learned in a very quiet way -u'-rft &oiuctoaApaj'ucd.A.k'uld watck at Omaha, and put a private detective on to watch the pawnshop and the man who called for the watch, and last Friday Sherilf McBride received word that his man was in jail. The suspect was recognized by Mr. Ingwcr son as the man who worked for him while a policeman al South Oinabti has also recognl.ed Kohn as the man who drove a team through t hat place ibout I o'clock on the morning that the Springfield team was discovered to have been stolen, which answered the descripl Ion of the one Kohn was seen driving. Further evidence w ill be needed, and In case Kohn proves to he the man wanted, Sarpy county will get the lirst whack" at him. The following special from l'apilllon has this to say in regard to the alleged horse thief: "haniel Kohn, charged with stealing a team of mules belong Ing toAl Peacock of Springfield, was brought to Papilliou this morning and arraigned before Judge Wilson. II pleaded not guilty. His preliminary .hearing will be held here next Satur day morning and his bond was fixed at !"t2,(MK); In default of which he was taken back to the I Knights county Jail at Omaha." Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea After Ten Years of Suffering. "I wish to say a few words In praise of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and hlarrhoea Remedy," says Mrs. Mattle Burge, of Martinsville, Va. "1 suffer ed from Chronic diarrhoea for ten years and during that time tried various medicines without obtaining any per manent relief. Last summer' one of( my children was taken wlt,h cjiolera morbus, and I pnKuiredabottlc'of this remedy. Only two doses were1 required to give her entire relief. 'I then de cided to try the medicine myself, and did not use all of one Inittle before I was well and I have never since Iktii troubled with that complaint. One cannot say too much in favor of that wonderful medicine." This remedy Is for sale by all druggists. Struck By Lightning. The house occupied by Biley Jones and family cast of the B. At M. shops was struck by lightning Sunday eve ning, but no serious damage was done. Two of Mr. Jones' children were stunned by the shock, and It was sev eral moments before they recovered consciousness. Preaching at Kenosha church Sun day. July lo, at 3 o'clock. You arc welcome. S. V. Javkscn. Dcnth of an Old Citizen. Andrew ('. Fre h.-, vi-i v suddenly at bis home in this city L' o'clock III Ihe 111- 1 1 1 1 1 1 ceased bad for some t line Tuesday at. . The (le heen siitfer- inn I l oin dropsy. Tin deeeased was nearly seventy ears of age and was a itiveol'the Keystone state, having wen hun near 1'iltsliuiv. He was a etc ran of t lie civ ll war. Iia -Inn servcil ie ranksofi ompaiiy II, Nineteen! Ii glinenl I'euiisv hanla Volunteers. came to Plat tsinoiil h I hn t y-one ;us ago, and he has since made this home. I'lie funeral occurred at J o'clock 'liesday afternoon, the services heltu? inducted by Kev. .1. W. Swan, the lo ll pust (!. A. I!, attending the re mains to ( lak Hill cemetery where they were laid to rest. A widow. I'm. us and four daughters survive him. Is There Anything In It? I'beie has been several sales of pro perty made in the past few Weeks that would naturally denote that, "some thing was going to lie done." We un- lelstand that Ihe O'Nell nronerlv. 1st o! the shops, has been purchased i.y . lie riii' road company, and I hat. ne- gotiatlons are on to purchase other u'opert.y in the vicinity of the shops. If tlcse riimorsaretrue.il. looks si - ih.it like the shops were going to lie enlarged. Many cars ol umber Imve ilso been unloiled In the yards. "Keep astitf upper-lip," you fellows with a gloomy look, ami soon you will see I'liit tsinoiith boom iis she never boom- d before and a substantial boom at that. Didn't Know It Was Loaded. While two young men named Peter son and Matthews, of Klmwood, were negotiating a trade for a revolver ruesuay, and while It was In the bauds if the former, it was accidentally dis charged, the ball penetrating the hit ter's chest about three Inches below the nipple. The wound Is not thought to Im; fatal, although at last accounts tin; bullet bad not been removed. A Pleasant Trip. otto Wurl returned Tuesday from his trip to Pittsburg, Pa., where he aLLe.iuled.Xlui. uaUotuL cuuvwuUuuujI. Turners. On the return trln he stoo ped oh in St. Louis to attend the Inter-National Tumfest and Instructors' convention. He also visited the expo sition while In St. Louis. He reports a most enjoyable trip, and feels great ly benefitted thereby. A Former Citizen of Cass. Hon. (Jeo. A. Maguey, who delivered such an excellent oration at (lartield park on the Fourth, Judge Travis in forms the Journal, was for a number of years a resident of Cass county, liv ing near Nehawka. He was also at one time connected with Judge Edgar Howard in the publication of the Pa pillion Times. Candidate Nominated. The socialists of the First congres sional district met in this city last Monday morning and nominated A. L. A. Schiermcyer of Lincoln forcongress. A Carlson, of this city was chosen as the member of the congressional com mittee from Cass county. Death at the Poor Farm. L. B. Cunningham, an Inmate of the county poor farm died on Monday morning last. He came to that insti tution aliout one year ago from Elm- wood, to which place the remains were conveyed Tuesday for Interment. $4.00 for Selling 25 ( )f our Champion Flat I rou Cleaners. Sells for ir) cent each and everybody wants one. Write for particulars. Tlic.Atklnscompany, Box 842, Omaha, Nebraska. Brutally Tortured. A case came to light that for per sistent and unmerciful torture has per haps never been equaled. Joe (Jolo- blckof Colusa, Calif, writes: "For 15 years I endured Insufferable pain from Rheumatism and nothing relieved me though I tried everything known. I came across Electric Bitters and it's the greatest njlclne on earth for that trouble. A fv bottles of It complete ly relieved and cured me." Just as good for Liver and Kidney troublesand general debility. Only 50c. Satisfac tion guaranteed by F. (J. Frlcke, ScCo. druggist. No Pity Shown. "For years fate was after me contin uously" writes V. A. Oulledge, Ver bena, Ala. "I had a terrible casa of Piles causing 24 tumors. When all failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured mc. Equally good for burns and all aches and pains. Only 25c at F. 0. Frlcke & CVs Unit? Store.