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moutb Soucn volt mi: XXIV. l'LATTSMOl Til, N K UK ASK A, TIIU.SDAY, .ll'LY L'l, l!0. M'. Mil Kit 'J! abe al TART CURB-STONE JOSHINGS Culled, Clipped, Penciled and Prepared for the Readers of the Journal. Hey. illcMIcill.MU'. tlii'Tru-t and tin- Kiddie: Tin- ci'W hunH il ovi r the ims'ii. The Kli'pliunt Uuglird to ve si:rh dp;ift And ilic di-di run Huy with the -n k .n. Here's where the ice cream butts in good and strong. The steady advance in coal pi ices constitutes a burning shame. There are no frame laws to handicap the man who hunts trouble. Cobwebs are useful in advertising a store that does not advertise. The only law recognized by absolute necessity is dear old mothc-in-law. The season has been discouraging to the promoters of church festivals. Women have good luck at driving a bargain, but a nail well, that'sdlffer ent. Possibly the good die young, but you can't get the oldest inhabitant to ad mit it. The farmers are so busy with their work that the clerks are enjoying a holiday. Some people, as well as those who are compelled to listen, are saddest when they sing. Before a man is married he may have been a dude, but after he is married he is a subdude. This is the season when a woman never goes to the front door without chasing out a fly. It seems to be doubtful which holds first place in Nebraska these days corn or candidates. If you haven't joined the Rosebud rainbow chasers yet you won't "be in it" after tomorrow. There is nothing that worries some people more than the discovery that they are getting fat. Klsinit Is the price of outlets. . tiuliik' up the cost of steaks: Hut we need not fer starvation Wltli near foods of many makes. As long as they don't raise nicklesto dimes we are in no imminent danger from counterfeiters. The champion hailstorm story of the season comes from Kansas. It is asserted that hailstones weighing one pound fell there. One half of the world is trying to get something for nothing and the other half is trying to give away noth ing for something. Nebraska City is always introducing innovations. The announcement is made that a public bathhouse for wo men lias been opened there. The fellows who continually stand on the street and staring at passing la dies out 6f countenance, show their raising, if they ever had any. A St Louis man named Salary has taken unto himself a wire. Itappears doubtful whether the money question can be left out of their platform. Slighting remarks about ladies as they pass along the streets are of com mon occurrence In this town They will be made to the wrong party one of these days. What Is cod-fish aristocracy? Why, my son, it is trying to put on airs with anly .10 cents and no brains to doit on. You can see such people on the streets every evening. Now, never no, never-eat meat! Try health foods iicain and repeat : Km carrots and beans. Ami. If In your means. Don't forget the delectalile beet! It Is said that a large number of college men from the east are working in the harvest fields of Nebraska. They could not have selected a more profitable post-graduate course. A lady remarked in our hearing the other day that there was not a young man in I'lattsmouth good enough for her. We presume not. But as old as we are we'd hate to propose to her and be accepted. The work of renovating and remod eling the High school building goes bravely on, and at the pace the work Is being accomplished, Mr. Larson will be the time allotted to do the work by several days. Considering that there has been over three hundred shop employes turned loose in the past three months, riatUsmouth is not pestered so much with loafers. There are a few, of course, who wouldn't work if they had an opportunity. There should be a vagrant ordinance to deal with such good-for-nothing whelps. We don't mind seeing a man go t church and pray, If he feels like it, but the hypocrite who goes there and prays simply to be popular and gain the good will of church people Is n scoundrel of the deepest dye. His sneaking countenance Invtrays him next day worse than that of a dog that tins been killing sheep. Getting Along Nicely. Frank J. Morgan, former mayor of Plattsinouth, now a leading merchant of that city, a prominent democrat and treasurer of the grand lodge A.O. I. W.. is in the Wise Memorial hospi tal, this city, where, on Saturday, he was operated on for appendicitis by lr. I!. IS. Iavis. This morning he was reported well and getting along as nicely as possible. Omaha World Herald. STORES ROBBED AT UNION Tramps Blamed With the Burglaries, but the Work of Experts is Apparent. On Friday night last burglars enter ed the general merchandise store of R. II. Kuans & Co.. and also I lean's Hardware store, both at Union. At the former establishment they stole nearly all the jewelry in stock, a lot of furnishing goods and the con tents of the money drawer, amounting to about $7") in silver. At Dean's hardware store they suc ceeded in getting away with all the revolvers on hand, a lot of silverware and a quantity of jewelry. The money drawer, which contained quite a sum of silver, was also emptied. It seems the burglars effected an en trance through the back part of the hardware store, and at about the hour of 10 o'clock, as while doing so they were seen by a couple of little boys. Not realizing what was being done, of course they said nothing until Satur day morning when the robbery was first discovered on opening the stores. As usual these burglaries are laid to tramps, and it is thought they made their escape on the early morning train. Krom all accounts, however, it seems to be the work of experts In that sort of business. Sheriff McBride was notified early Saturday morning and went down as soon as possible, but as yet there seems to be no clue to the thieves. There will be no stone left unturned in his effort to bring the guilty parties to justice. Mr. I lean and Messrs. Krans &, Co. feel assured of this. Died in South Dakota. C. Trudo, a former resident of Avo- co, died at his home near Fairfax, South Dakota, on Saturday, July 9, of heart failure. Mr. Trudo went into his pasture at eleven o'clock in the forenoon to catch a horse and ten minutes later he was found dead with the bridle hanging over hisarm. The body passed through here on the Oma ha train Monday evening and was ac companied by the young widow and deceased's brother-in-law, K. O. Phil lips, and wife, his mother, Mrs. N. Trudo, a brother, John, and sister, Miss Annie Trudo. The funeral was held at Avoca at eleven o'clock Tuesday morning and interment was had at the Catholic cemetery near that place. Mr. Trudo was a young man and had only been married six weeks at the time of his death. The Trudo family formerly lived near Avoca hut a few years since removed to Fairfax, S. I). Mr. Phillips, mentioned in the above, Is a son of our townsman, II. J. Phil lips and wife. Weeping Water Re publican. You Hear of Them Everywhere. ' Cass county people get to the front wherever they may go. Following Is an item taken from the Osborne County ( Kansas) Journal which will no doubt be read with interest by the readers of the Journal, especially those in the neighborhood of Green wood: "William Long of Lincoln township, Smith county, was in Downs last Sat urday doing some trading. Mr. Long was nominated at the populist con vention for sheriff of Smith county, and as we understand It, stands a mighty god chance of election. While we are not 'legging' for Mr. Long, we believe if he is elected he w ill make a model officer." The candidate above mentioned is a brother or Care Long and Miss Lizzie Long of near Greenwood. Another Pioneer Dead. George Leaver died at his home In Greenwood, on Friday last, at the ad vanced aire of 71 years, after a linger ing Illness of several months. The de ceased was one of the pioneer citizens of Cass county, and resided on the farm he homsteaded in the early no's, live miles east of Greenwood, until he removed to that village about four years ago. M. P. Excursion Rates. on July Is and i' the M. P. railroad w ill sell coach excursion tickets to Kansas City at iK.lo for the round trip limited to seven daw ASCENDS RAILROAD LADDER George W. Vallery Accepts the Position of General Manager of the Colorado Midland. George W. Vallery, for several years general agent for the Burlington at Denver, has resigned that position to accept another of greater important as weil as inert lucrative that of gen eral manager of the Colorado Midland railroad. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs Jacob Vallery, Jr., of this city, and is an old I'lattsmouth Ikiv in whom his old neighbors and friends feel a deep Interest. In speakingof this big jump from agent to general manager, the Lincoln Evening Newssavs: "In Burlington circles it Is a matter of speculation as to who will succeed Mr. Vallery. The position is regarded as one of the good places in the ser vice under the traffic departments. "The friends of Mr. Vallery in Lin coin were rejoicing at his good for tune. George W. Vallery Is well known in Nebraska. He 1ms been with the Burlington for half a life time. Originally he was a I'latts mouth man. His relatives live there. He was employed in the freight office at Lincoln twenty years ago and is well known here. He is a Nebraska man, having grown up in this state. "A position at Denver Is regarded by Nebraska KMlroad men as particu larly desirable. The mountain roads have taken theia pick from Burling ton and Rock Island men during the past few years for good operating posi tions, and operating officials are usu ally in great demand on the mountain roads. "The jump from a posit on as gener al agent to that of general manager of an important road like the Colorado Midland is unusual and because of this the friends of Mr. Vallery are elated at his success. None doubt the abil ity of Mr. Vallery to take care of any position to w hich he may succeed in the railroad world. "W. II. Curdy, traveling freight agent of the Rio Grande railroad, who was in Lincoln yesterday, said he had heard the rumor before leaving Den ver. "The Colorado Midland is one of the most important roads in Colorado, running over its own tracks from Col orado Springs to Grand Junction, with numerous mining branches, and oper ating train service out of Denver over the Colorado & Southern, connecting with its own line at Colorado Springs. It taps some of the most productive mining and fruit regions of the state." Since the above was placed in type J. K. Vallery has Uen appointed to fill the position of general agent of the Burlington at Denver, and in speaking of the promotion the Omaha Bee says: "J. K. Vallery, who has just receiv ed the appointment of general agent of the B. & M. at Denver, was former ly located at South Omaha, where he was connected with a live stock com mission firm. After leaving South Omaha Mr. Vallery went to Cheyenne where he acted as traveling freight agent of the Burlington forsometlme, from that point going to Denver in the same capacity. During the last eight years he lias been in Wisconsin and Ohio, most of the time acting as traveling freight agent. At present he is holding the position of general agent of the freight department for the Burlington inCincinnatl. He will leave there within a few days to come west and take his new position In Den ver. "During his long residence in Colo rado Mr. Vallery made many friends and acquaintances and he is considered one of the best men In the freight business who ever held a position in the west. "Mr. Vallery was born and raised in I'lattsmouth, but was not connected with railroad work while living in that city. His extensive acquaintance, it is pointed out, in the west undoubt edly will give him a great deal of in fluence in the railroad world In his new position." Night Was Her Terror. "I WOUld COUgh noni-lv nil nl.rlit long," writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind., "and could hardly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three M.OObottlesof Dr. King's New Discov ery wholly cured me and 1 gained pounds." It's absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, LaGrlppe, Bron chitis and all Throatand Luug Trou bles. Price ic and l.oo. Trial bot tles free at F. G. FrlcUe & Co.'s drug store. It costs a little more but Is by far the best. Patton's Sun Proof Paint. Gerlng & Co., sole agents. The Farmers, to "Pay the Freight." Evidently Assessor Teegarden lias made his word good when he said the farmers of Cass count y were not pay ing their portion of the taxes, and that their assessments should be raised. He ha.s accomplished his ob ject good and plenty. Cass county farim-iN ar assessed higher than anv other county in I lie state. It was the original intention ot the republicans when they passed the present law, to raise i he assessment on farm lands and lower the same on the railroad property. Assessor Teegarden, we presume, has been t rue to the original Idea, and consequently the fanners have "got it in the neck" good and plenty this time. NEBRASKA MOP BULLETIN Weather Favorable to Harvesting and to the Growth of Corn. I'nivcrsity of Nebraska, Lincoln, July l!i.-The past week has been dry with an excess of sunshine and the highest temperature of the season. The daily mean temperature has aver aged about 1 degree above normal. The rainfall was generally below normal, and In many places less than half an Inch, but In some central counties It ranged from one to two Inches. The dry, warm weather has been ex ceedingly favorable for harvest ingand the growtli of corn. The winter wheat harvest Is nearly completed. The crop is rather lighter than expected. A little threshing lias been done and in southeastern counties the berry is shrunken and the quality poor. The oat harvest Is in progress in south ern and central counties with a fair to good crop generally, but In some places rust has done considerable damage, Spring wheat has been damaged some by rust in northern counties and lack of rain In western. Most of the corn Is laid by largely with less cultivation and more weeds than usual, but the crop Is In good, healthy, growing con dition, although a week or ten days behind normal development at this time. Tame grass is being cut for hay with large yield, while wild grass promises an abundant hav cron. The second crop of alfalfa promises an ex cellent crop and Is about ready to cut. Potatoes continue to promise well. Can't Claim Eight Hours. Eight hours of toil does not end the day for the deputy assessors. Nebras ka lias no effective law regulating the hours In a laboring day. So de clares Attorney G eueral Prout in an opinion formulated at the request of the county clerk of Gage county. In filling their claims the deputy as sessors assumed that they were work ing the eight-hour law. They kept track of the number of hours, divided the total by eight and multiplied the result by tJ. This involved a bill that alarmed the county clerk. He appealed to the county attorney and that official asked aid of the attorney general. In some instances it is claimed that the assessors worked sixteen hours a day and claimed two days pay for a single day. "The assessors have no right to tte flne the length or a working dav," said Attorney General Prout, "and it would be just as legal for them to say that three hours or one hour is a working day as to specify eight hours. I he Journal would like to nsk how many deputy assessors there arc In Cass county who put in even eight hours a dy, and drew $100 for same? Now don tall speak at once, because the people "who pay the freight" may not believe you. Bond Fixed at $2,000. Dan Kohn, who Is charged with stealing a team of mules from Al Ilea- cook, near Springfield, a short time ago, was given a hearing before Judge Wilson last .Saturday. Several wit nesses were examined and sufficient evidence was introduced to warrant holding Kohn to the district court and Ids bond was fixed at 2,oun, in de fault of which lie was taken to the Douglas county jail to await trial. Pa pi lion Times. This is the same man who stands accused of stealing Sturm's and Ing wersen's teams in this county. As soon as Sarpy county gets through with him Cass county will be entitled to her turn. It would seem, however, from the above, that Kohn Is liable to serve a term In the pen before Cass county can get her clutches upon him. Working Night And Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made Is Dr. King's New Life Pills. These pills change weakness Into strength, llstlessncss Into energy, brain-fag into mental pow er. They're wonderful In building up the health. Only per box. Sold bv K. G. Krlckc & Co. ANOTHER WILL CASE IS ON Mrs. Mathilda Peterson Demands $3,120 For Services Rendered. One year ago ;ist January John II. Bauer died at his home in ('enter pre cinct, leaving real t state and personal properly to the value of . I.Y1I1M, Tin will, imw pending in the prohatecoiirt, bequeathed to the son, John . Bauer, a lite Interest in the property of tin deceased M is. Peterson claims that she worked for the deceased lor twen ty years, during which time she re ceived comparatively nothing for her labor, and figures that her work was reasonably worth three dollars per week.t l.'iii per year I which she claims the deceased Bauer stated on several different occasions luring the last lew years of his life that payment should be made by U-qiiest in Ids will or other wise. Mrs. Peterson alleges that the deceased evidently forgot to do as he said he would in drawing up his last will and testament, and she claims that by reason of this oversight she should he allowed the full amount 1-0), from said estate now in the care of the deceased's son, John A. Bauer. Mrs. Peterson was a former resident of this city but now resides In Omaha. A hearing r,n this matter was com menced last Friday hut the case was continued to Monday, August I. The final result of this case will lie awaited with Interest, especially by those who live In the vicinity of where the de ceased resided. Well Deserved Compliment. Here is another evidence that for mer Cass county people are not slow in getting to the front at their present homes. We clip the following from the report of the Butte county (S. D. ) democratic convention, held at Belle Fourcbe last week: "Mrs. liusho. Fellows was placed in nomination for the position of county superintendent, of schools by Wilbur F. Newland. who referred to her as a graduate of one of the best educational Institutions of the state of Illinois, and as the wife of one of the editors of The Northwest Post, the only democratic paper In the Black Hills, and upon his own motion Mrs. Fellows' nomination was made by ac clamation." Mr:. Fellows is well known in I'latts mouth, where she has hosts of friends who extend congratulations. She is a most polished lady In every respect, and her qualifications for the position for which she is nominated are the very best, as all who know her can testify. She is not only a graduate of one of the leading educational institu tions of Illinois, but she spent several years in teaching in the public schools of Pekin, Illinois. If the people of Butte county want a lady who is in every way eminently well fitted for their county superintendent of schools they will most surely elect Mrs. Fel lows. The Journal sincerely hopes she will be successful. Will Go to Omaha. Friday afternoon last MesdamesH. J. Streight and A. J. Jackson enter tained a number of their most inti mate lady friends at the home of the latter. It was a very pleasant gath ering and was given In honor of Mrs. Jackson, who, with her husband ex pects to remove soon toOinaba, where Mr. Jackson Intends to engage In the undertaking business. Charrjberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Tills remedy is certain to be needed In every home before the summer is over. It can always be depended upon even In the most severe and dangerous cases It Is especially valuable for summer disorders In children. It Is pleasant to take and never fails to give prompt relief. Why not buy it now? It may save life. For sale by all drug gists. Safeguard the Children. Notwithstanding all that Is done by boards of health and charitably inclin ed persons, the death rate among small children Is very high during the summer months in the large cities. There Is not probably one case of bow el complaint In a hundred, however, that could not be cured by the timely use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Bemedy. For sale by all druggists. No Pity Shown. "For years fate was after me contin uously" writes F. A. Gulledge, Ver bena, Ala. "I Bad a terrible case of Piles causing LM tumors. When all failed Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me. Equally good for burns and all aches and pains. Only 2;o at F. G. Frlcke & Co. 's Drug Store. .. . Those Matrimonially Inclined. In the past tew weeks there has I u quite i. Ihdiiii in Hie mat rlionn- lal market, and tlicic piomlses to be a st ill greater one ere snow Hies. This being the case, the Journal does not, think It out of place to ghe the young man, who has come to the insane no tiou that he can't get along without, a wife, a few pointers ere lie makes the fatal leap limn single-blessedness to doulile ciissedni ss and inure, too. We know bow t his tnal riinonial biis ness gin's. We gut marr ed once our sell. Il works all rigid after a fellow coines to. He sua is a while on wings of heavenly bliss, and thinks the world was created just fur him and her, but, if I he dreamy ninaine is not, puiiet ured earlier by millinery hills, gul la percba pancakes, falsi' hair and ol lier coot rapt imis ol mnilcm art, a few nights spent in I he inaisc of the Infant lie wait ., amid the perfume of poultices and paregoric, with mid night concerts of count lessen! s wafted Into his ears by the gentle breeze, tripping up ami down the bridal chamber with nothing on hut, a short shirt and a long scowl, with a squal ling specimen of young America floun dering upon one's manly bosom with howling success, while the proud mother snores the hours away - not so much like the rippling of the peace ful sea as the roaring of Hell's Half Acre at Yellowstone Park - well, such Incidents bring tin1 young married man hack to earth and be begins to realize that married life is a condition and not a theory. But then, It's all right to get married. What would become of the women If we did not marry them? Lots of lliem are not sat lslleil then. Half of the men live on half sense till they get wives. If a fellow gets out of the harness by t lie hand of deal h or divorce be wants to get, hi again worse than ever, ami no girl we ever saw was satisfied until she bad a beau. Nation a Free Man. A Lincoln special to I he Omaha World-Herald says: "After a series of wild adventures William Nation, alias Bitchey, Is a free man. He left the prison this morning and at once set out for his home in Grand Island. "Nation created a sensation several mouths ago by violating Ids parole, becoming a member of a Hastings church alter he eluded the vigilance of the warden, confessed bis sins in a drama! Ic manner to I he pastory and finally married a Grand Island woman in defiance lo the rules and regulations of t lie prison. "After his wedding he was recap tured. His bride pleaded for his re lease, but in vain. Finally be was set at liberty by the allowance of 'half good time'." Nation was sent up from thlscounty for burglarizing a store at I'nioti. Goes to the District Court. The controversy over the estate of John King, about which much has been said, has finally reached the dls tict court upon a petit ion in equity by Lucinda Jane I'rwin against Thomas Akeson, administrator of the estate. King died one year ago last April, leaving a line farm near Louisville in thlscounty. At the time of his death it was supposed that he had left a w ill, but when wanted such a document could not be found. Mrs. I'rwin tells the court that when she was only 5 years of age her mother married King, and the petition also alleges that while her mother lived King agreed that when he died all of his property should go to his w ife and had often made that statement to the neighbors. The pet itioner asks to lie named as the legal heir of the deceased. Good In Eastern Otoe. Beports from Nebraska City are to the effect that the wheat harvest In the eastern part of Otoe county Is nearly completed and with two days more of dry weather all the wheat will be cut and in the stack. The crop Is heavy and will grade well on the mar ket. A few farmers say that rust will spoil their crop of wheat but a major ity say the crop will be the best, in years. Corn is doing well and indica tions point to a big yield this fall. The crop in this ( Cass) county will perhaps yield half what it was List year, and a big percent or the crop Is badly dam aged by ru . To Insure Progression. If you don't like a town and are sure that It is going to retrograde, the proper tiling to do K to leave; hut If you intend to live In the town, tin till you can to boom it, to build It up and to make It a desirable place to live; this Is the way to insure progression, and to Increase the value of the prop city. , ... y--- ;