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Remember the Dates,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 11th, 12th and 13th
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Fred Gorder & Son, Louisville, Neb.
p. S. While you are here we would be pleased to have you
buggies, wagons and implements.
BURLINGTON FREIGHTVRECK
Six Freight Cars Lcaie the Track in the
Local Yards, But No Great Damage
is Done.
Sometime eariy this morning a
through freight train on the Burling
ton was wrecked, or rather six cars
were side tracked here without much
notice to the train crew.
The cause of the accident as advan
ced by a number of men around the
station is to the effect that the trucks
of one of the cars left the rail on the
curve near the bridge, and remained
so until the train reached the first
siding east when the six cars left the
main track. landing on the siding
partly on the rail and partly off. Three
of the cars were pretty badly wrecked,
One of which telescoped the east end
of the Duff Grain Co., elevator, leav
ing these three cars and the elevator
in a very much smashed up condition.
The main line was Mocked for a few
hours, but trattic was not delayed in
the least as the east siding remained
clear and all trains passed around the
wreck.
..BLOOD AtlD SKIN DISEASES..
Ecwma, Skln-cnr. Mid all painful itch
tn skin diaeaaea treated by tba mort cer
tain method. Mole. Birthmark and facial
blemishes rem .red by electricity. Blood
poison in all at-ieea. All private and fenito
jtrjaarydiawMee, Call or add. PB.A8IBUC,
Specialist Skin, Blood and Genito-Urinary
rj.ris.tr. 1215 O Street. Lincoln. Nebraska.
FH1VATK HOSPITAL
But ffo ri"ht now
FURNITURE AND STOVES
The goods must go, the prices are low, so now is the time
to buy if you are looking for great
Bargains in Furniture
Come and see the goods and prices. If I can't please you no harm is done.
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Mr. and Mrs. Towle Entertain.
Last Wednesday night will be re
membered for some time. Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. A. Towle and daughters
entertained. The amusements of the
evening consisted of games of all kinds,
vocal and instrumental music and re
freshments at the usual hour. The
Misses Towle served at the punch
bowl. Those present were Mr. J.
Bullis and wife, of Weeping Water;
Mr. A. Tool and wife. Mr. J. McDon
ald and wife, Mr. J.Gohery and sister,
Miss Bertha, Mr. II. Tool and wife, of
Murdock; Mr. J. Stark and wife, L.
Langhorst and wife, J. Woodard and
wife, Mr. Rosencrans and wife, J.
Gonsales, Mrs. Mabel Dickson, Miss
Lillian Gonsales, of Elmwood; T. Rich
ards, wife and daughters, Fay and
Blanch, O. Allen and wife, Dr. Powers
and wife, Warren Richard and wife,
Ralph Dorr, Miss Jessie McCroy, Mr.
Benford, J. Hill, of South Bend; Miss
C. Wurtz, of Nebraska City: Miss II.
Fight, of Plattsmouth.
A SunscitiBEi:.
Miss Cagney Very III.
Miss Marista Cagney, who has been
confined to her home on west Pearl
street, with sickness of rather a ser
ious nature, was in a very critical con
dition last evening,and although some
better today, the friends and relatives
have grave fears for her recovery.
Dave McEntee, her brother, who is
now located in the northern part of
the state, was summoned last evening
to I. Pearlman and secure a
at the Bigf Keduction feale or
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and serve them with
butter, syrup and coffee.
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and is expected here today. The
father, Mr. A. F. McEntee has been at
the bedside of the unfortunate lady
for several days. The many friends
will regret to learn of Miss Cagney's
serious illness.
Suit Agaiast Non-Residents.
Action has been tiled in the district
court in which D. W. DeLasbmutt is
plaintiff and Jfettie J. and Clay Con
ner and Jacob Luft are defendants.
The action is to recover the amount
of $727.03 on a promissory note given
by Mrs. Conner and husband, bearing
date of April, 1897, and that to se
cure payment a mortgage was exe
cuted by Mrs. Conner on her property
in Pacific Junction.
Jacob Luft, one of the defendants
in the matter, holds a junior mortgage
on the same property. The plaintiff
asks for a foreclosure of his mortgage
and a decree making the mortgage of
Luft inferior to plaintiff's mortgage,
and that Luft's interests in said prop
erty be barred as to plaintiff's rights.
Mr. and Mrs. Conner reside in Elm-
wood, near Plattsmouth; and Jacob
Luft lives in Plattsmouth.
Jacob Luft's claim against Mr. and
Mrs. Conner is also for borrowed
money secured by note and mortgage
on the same property. Glenwood
( Iowa) Tribune.
List your farm and city
property with J. H Thrasher
Coates Block.
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County Offices, and Who Will Hold Them
for Terns Beginning Jan. 4, 1806.
Today is the last day of service for
several of the retiring county otlicials.
The changes, however, are very few.
In the county treasurer's otlice there
will be but one change in the em
ployes of that department. Owing to
outside business affairs which need his
direct attention, Deputy Frank
Schlater will soon retire, but we are
not yet at liberty to give the name of
his successor.
W. E. Rosencrans will assume the
duties of county clerk, and will be as
sisted by D. C. Morgan as deputy. The
Journal predicts that Mr. Rosencrans
will perform the duties of the office to
perfection, and that the affairs of the
office will be conducted on business
principles and that be will prove one
of the most popular officials that hasoc
cupied quarters in the court house.
His affable manners are just what will
take with those who have business in
his otlice.
There is no change in the ollice of
county judtre Judge Travis simply
enters upon the discharge of his dut
ies fur the second term. Neither will
there be any new changes In the ollice
of recorder, Mr. Schneider simply
enters upon h?s duties for another
four year term.
Plieriil' McBride 'steps down and
out" of the position he has filled so
faithfully for the past four years, and
the affairs of that ollice passes into the
hands of the new sheriff, C. I). Quin
ton. In retiring from the position of
sheriff, Mr. McBride does so feeling
that he has discharged the duties in a
most business-like manner, and to the
satisfaction of the people, generally
speaking. John D. McBride is person
ally a very popular man, and there are
many who believe that he has made
the best sheriff the county has ever
had. The Journal hopes the new
sheriff will do as well.
When the hour arrives for Prof.
Wortman to step out as county super
intendent, he does so feeling that be
has discharged the duties of the posi
tion with credit not only to himself
but also to the school interests of the
county. And also knowing that, in
the minds of those most capable of
judging, he has made the best head
center of the schools that Cass county
has ever experienced. The Journal
trusts that the new occupant will so
conduct the affairs of the office as to
merit the approval of those interested
in school matters.
. JV. B.Banning retires from the posi
tion of county commissioner from the
Second district and in doing so he can
truthfully say he has done his duty in
every respect. No man has ever
served in the capacity of countv com
missioner that has acquited himself
more honorably and one who has been
more judicious in guarding the inte
rests of the county. "Well done, thou
good and faithful servant," is the ver
dict of the people of Cass county.
E. E. Hilton, the county surveyor
was re-elected, and the position is not
at all a lucrative one, we suppose he
can have a life-lease if he wants it.
Henry Boeck retires from the office
of corner, and Mr. Clement, the Elm
wood undertaker, will serve in that
capacity for the next two years.
Uncle Henry has made a good coroner,
and it is hoped the new official will do
as well.
New faces will now grace the offices
of county clerk, county superinten
dent and sheriff in the persons of W.
E. Ilosencrans, J. W. Gamble and C,
it. uuinton, togetuer witn new
deputies in the offices of county clerk
and sheriff.
The Journal wishes all the retiring
officials success in the various capa
cities in which they may engage.
Card of Thanks.
Miss Helen Goos desires the Journal
to return her most sincere thanks to
those friends who interested them
selves in her behalf in the recent piano
contest. And she also desires to state
that no underhand work was done on
her part or on the part of her friends,
who pursued an honorable course all
through the contest. The instrument
she has been successful in securing
through these friends, will always be
viewed with pride by her and as a
token of esteem from those who voted
for her.
Beats the Music Cure.
"To keep the body in tune," writes
Mrs. Mary Brown, 20 Lafayette Place,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., "I take Dr.
King's New Life Pills. They are the
most reliable and pleasant laxative I
have found." Best for the Stomach,
Liver and Bowels. Guaranteed by
F. G. Fricke & Co.. druggist, 25c.
WINDHAM INVESTMENT COMPANY
PLATTSMOUTH, - NEBRASKA
Lands, Ranches and City Real Estate
in Nebraska and elsewhere bought
sold and exchanged.
Kentals. Insurance and Abstracting of
Titles. Money to loan at a low rate of
interest on improved farms. Business
correspondents in all important cities
and towns In the United States.
Talc pit ansa Ma. 20 m4 .
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W. W. WINDHAM , Secretary
MORE HUMAN GULLIBILITY
How an E. Z. Mark Brought Groceries
From Traveling Salesman.
INCIDENT OCCURS AT WEEPING WATER
The quality of gullibility in the
average human being was demon
strated over in our sister city of Weep
ing Water last week. The story
should be borne in mind by all who
contemplate buying from mail order
agents or catalogue houses. The
names used are fictitious with the ex
ception of the grocer's name which is
given simply to prove the genuineness
of the story.
One of the well-known and well-to
do citizens of the Weeping Water
neighborhood was approached by a
smooth tongued stranger who pro
fessed to be able to sell him groceries
at less than two-thirds what he would
have to pay in his home town. After
some discussion the suave stranger
secured an order for a bill of goods
amounting, at the stranger's prices, to
iflOT.OO but which he claimed would
cost SlT.j.OO at any store in Weeping
Water.
The goods were ordered delivered at
the depot, subject to examination.
Some days later, Mr. K. '.. Mark was
notified that his goods were there.
They were examined, found to he as
ordered, and paid for. Now this
sounds all right, don't it?
But wait!
Messrs Johnson & Barnes, grocers,
tilled an order for a bill of goods which
was to be delivered at depot in plain
boxes. They were struck by the
peculiarity of some items of the bill
such as 50 pounds of dates, 10 pounds
of mustard, and other incongruities,
and out of curiosity kept tab on the
consignment. Their vigilance was re
warded when they found that the
goods were delivered to E. Z. Mark,
whom they well knew, and being
puzzled to understand the method of
purchasing here adopted, they asked
Mr. Mark what he paid for the goods.
He told them frankly, ignorant of their
connection with the matter. Then
the grocers calmly informed the sucker
that they put up the bili of goods for
the stranger, delivered them in neat
boxes, and only charged him $05.00.
Dr. Jensen to Lecture.
Dr. II. Jensen left on Monday Tor
Spencer, where he lectures at a far
mer's institute. The doctor has ten
dates to fill at different places, and
will be gone a week. His talks will be
of interest to the farmers for in his
work as veterinarian he has the faculty
of finding out the causes and effects, of
diseases of animals, etc. and of pre
senting it to his hearers so they can
understand. He is employed by the
lecture department of the university.
Weeping Water Herald.
The Jail-Birds Flown.
Humphrey Bates was released Tues
day from a three diys' sentence
in jail, being incarcerated on a charge
of drunkenness. The discharge of this
guest from the city bastile leaves the
grim, iron-barred hostelry without an
occupant for the first time in many
moons, and in fact the second time in
all of Sheriff McBride's term of otlice.
This is a good showing for the begin
ning of a new year, but it is very prob
able that the quiet chambers will not
be allowed to mildew for want of use.
The millenium is not near enough to
permit the locks and bars of our houses
of detention to rust from desuetude.
But whether the jail be empty or
occupied, one thing may truly be said
of that particular domicle at the close
of John McBride's four years as sheriff
and longer as jailor never was the
jail kept more scrupulously clean and
sanitary, and now, at the close of
John's second efficient term, as he
steps out of the office, he leaves the
jail and jailor's residence as tidy and
neat as the best of housewives could
ask, and Sheriff-elect Quinton will
find the entire machinery of the
sheriff 's office in the same shipshape
as the jail.
All ELMVOOD BOY SHOT
Albert Fleishman Gets Charge While Out
Hunting Rabbits. .
A special from Elmwood to the Lin
coln Journal, says: "Yesterday Al
bert Fleishman of this place was acci
dently shot by his brother Otto. The
two boys were hunting in a bushy
slough two miles from town. Otto
shot a rabbit, not seeing his brother,
who was about thirty yards distant,
the whole charge enteringhis limbs
and left arm. He was taken to the
farm home of Ludwig Lender, close
by, and a physician summoned, who
soon arrived and took care of the in
jured boy so that he was removed to
his home a few hours after the acci
dent occurred. Sixty No. 6 shot en
tered the boy's legs and arms, most of
them being in his left limb and too
deep to be taken out. He is resting
easy at present and unless something
more serious sets in, will recover."
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A youns girl sinl In r mother :iro re
turning from a I Kill. Tin girl I but
eighteen, iiikI she 1i:is iipKnnl In -ciety
for the llrst time. She lean hack
in her -arriaR th g:iy kwiioh whirl
lug leliht fully through her bralu ami
thinking especially of the first man
who has ever been attentive t her. Ai
warmth comes to her cheek on rivall
ing the compliment he whimpered In
her ear an they were Hailing In u waltx.
Suddenly she puta her hand to her
throat and gaspn:
"Oh, mamma!"
"For heaven! pake, IleHHie, what la
It?"
"My necklace! It's gone!"
She had trone to the ball with a cir
clet of iearl of great value clanpi
about her neck and returned without
them. In vain she sought to recall
where she might have dropped them.
Could any thief possibly have stolen up
behind her and unclasped them? All
efforts to account for the loss wero
failures. Iietectlves were put on tho
case, but not the slightest clew did
they ever find. After months of liunt
lintf. without success, the Jewels wero
given hi J1S l'st.
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Twenty-live years have passed. Bes
sie Kinsman, now a woman past miil
lle age, but unmarried, is sitting in
her boudoir after breakfast scanning
the morning paper. There is a whistle
without, a ring at the doorbell and the
postman leaves the mail. A maid
hands her mistress n small package
which, tile wrapper being removed,
proves to be a pasteboard box. lift
ing the lid from the box. Miss King
man meets the astonishment of her
life. There, nestling in a bed of pink
cotton, is the necklace lost a quarter
of a century before.
Curiosity, one of the strongest of our
instincts, prompts her llrst uct. Tak
ing up the wrapper, she studies th
handwriting of the address. She can
see nc resemblance to any penmanship
she has ever seen before. One thing,
and one thing only, arrests her atten
tion. Frank Ilurrill, the young man
who had been devoted to her the night
of the ball at which she had lost her
necklace, had written her several notes,
which she had kept carefully locked In
her writing desk. He had a peculiar
way of making the letter l- This let
ter In the address resembled those in
her notes, but there was not enough
in tliis to serve as a clew.
Another five years have passed.
Elizabeth Kingman is a woman with
more gray than black In her hair and
when she reads uses glasses. She still
has the letters of Frank Burrill locked
in her desk, and perhaps once u year
takes them out and reads them over.
He has been married for nearly thirty
years, and she has never seen Liru
since his marriage.
One morning on taking up a paper
and glancing at the death notices shev
saw an announcement of the death of
his wife. It was a few months after
this that she received a visit from her
first and only lover. He was just pass
ing the prime of life for a man. Miss
Kingman saw in him traces of that
manly beauty his engaging smile was
all there which had so moved her
heart when it was young. Uurrill came
often, and the two became fast friends.
Once Miss Kingman mentioned the loss
and return of iter necklace. Mr. Itur
rill strove to maintain a serene counte
nance under her searching gaze, hat
could not. Miss Kingman assumed
that he had been tempted in those dan
gerous days of youth and had repented.
She forgave him without telling him
of her forgiveness.
In another year wedding bells rang
for the pair whose hearts had been
united years before. Each possessed
a secret that was kept well guarded
from the other. Except this they were
as one. The wife hid her knowledge, oi.
rather, a belief of which she had no
doubt, that her husband had fallen be
fore temptation, hail repented and
been forgiven. The husband guarded
his own secret which he of living be
ings alone knew. Their days wen? se
rene except for an occasional cloud
that passed momentarily over their
sun in this one matter of withheld
confidence.
Again the scene changes. An old wo
man of seventy, who has just buried
her husband, is breaking up her home.
The desk that has long held his papers
must be gone over and all that is no
longer of use destroyed. The old wo
man spends a morning at this work
One paper she reads before knowing of
its confidential nature. It is this:
My Dear Husband I have lost your
love under this suspicion over einee you
discovered the necklace. I am ill ami
worn out with anxiety and remorse. Aft
er may years keeping this horrid secret.
I am at last resolved, now that my days
are numbered, to make a confession of a
sin committed In my youth. On the night
of the ball, when you were so attentive to
Miss Kingman as you took her to dance,
her necklace became unclasped and fell
at my feet. Mad with Jealousy, I placed
tho skirt of my dress over it and when
unobserved picked it up. My wish to re
turn it to h'T came too late. I dared not
admit that I had kept It so low?. When
you return I wish you to take it and con
trive to send it to her without betraying
me. YOUR UXUAITV "VVIFK.
Long the old woman sat with the
note in her hand. Again she was back
la the gay scene of half a "century be
fore. Thirty .of these years Instead of
baring been passed with, tho man of
her" choice . had been gpent In loneli
ness. And . who had stepped In be
tween them 7 A thief. A temptation
flashed .before her to? give the letter to
her friends. Then 4 she remembered
that this secret was sacred to ber dead
husband. She tossed It into the flames
on the hearth.
MARIE O. TREVOR.
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