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TART CURB-STONE JOSHINGS
Culled, Clipped, Penciled and Prepared for
the Readers of the Journal.
Htn- wir- li-r heart iiii Iht sl' e.
Ami tlcti Is how. c IIDCllTstitlllt.
She h;tjM-n to 4llxil:iy lxl;iy
A "; il" li:iiiioiiil on Iht h:uii.
When tlie widow ceases to weep her
weeds soon dry up.
Warm days and cool nights make an
admirable combination.
This is haying time and all tlie
farmers have the hay fever.
Arc you not glad, this weather, that
you havn't got big whiskers?
Marriage lias soured tlie sweet dis
position of many a fair maid.
Look out for a wedding soon. We
promised to not give any names this
week.
The love of money is the root of all
evil and most people are digging for
the root.
Keligion is sure to nave a queer
taste to the man who only takes it
once a week.
To the youth in love whose salary Is
$o a week an ice cream sign looks like
a nightmare.
A wife is sometimes known as a
man's better half and sometimes as
the whole tiling.
Remember the date Wednesday,
August 2. That's the date for the
Woodmen picnic.
Many a girl's usefulness has been
spoiled by some fool friend who told
her she was pretty.
Before a candidate places himself in
the hands of his political friends he
should sew up his pockets.
A widow never calls for help when a
man attemps to kiss her. It is usually
the man who needs help.
It is usually the man who doesn't
know the secret of success who is will
ing to impart it to others.
Some men are por because they are
honest and some arc honest because
they are rich and can alTord to be.
A genuine toper considers life far
t o short V waste any of it imbibing
bis fuvoi ltt beerage through a straw.
When a man deliberately walks into
trouble b violating the law. he should
not feel sore if a newspaper prints the I
news. j
Alter teaching the ag" of thirty a!
woman has no further use for birth-1
days until ,he gets in the grandmother
class. !
Man wants hut little tn-r- 1
low .
ll's not no hanl to i i --t ;
Itui unman. ll-.-s In r Hi lit- heart.
Wants cvt-ry tiling sh-i
When a man is ensured in beating a j
carpet it's up to his ife to be around
and see that he doosn'l put bis
thoughts it, to words.
The largest crowd that has been in
Plattsmouth for many years is ex
pected here on Wednesday, August 2.
Will you be anions the number?
Some mother of this town is stand
ing in the shadow of a great trouble,
and there may be others if these night
buggy rides continue without chape r
ones. ISritiir your family with ou when
you come to the Woodman's picnic,
Wednesday, August 2. Ilemernber the
wife ai d the boys and girls want to
enjoy a day oil occasionally.
The tobacco trust is fighting the
anti-cigarette law passed by the last
legislature. That was to be expected.
The trut is the enemy of the pood
government and decency in all things.
A Missouri girl committed suicide
because she thought that her fiance
was too good for l.er. If she had
waited until after they were married,
she might have found out her mis
take.
An old bachelor of this city says he
'doesn't ionsidr a girl baby worth
kissing until s!ie is sweet sixteen."
And then some of tl e n ar so darned
ugly, that we'd want to be blind folded
to kiss them.
business in the city has been re
markably quiet for a few weeks, with
the exception of Saturdays. Just wait
until the bumper wheat crop is
threshed and the corn laid by then
watch trade in Plattsmouth boom.
A Kansas City ju lee recently de
cided in granting a divorce, that a
married woman had a perfect right to
search the husband's troupers for
loose change. The custom having re
ceived judi.-ial sanction, hide your
money under the sidewalk befoie en
tering the house.
Some girls in this town are sewing
the seeds of ruin an i disgrace.and they
are not excluded from the "upper
tens," either. The Journal has given
the alarm in previous issues, and if a
sensation should break out any old day
the parents alone will be to blame.
The best place for girls after dark is
under the protecting wines of their
mother.
THE GREAT M.
W. OF A. PICNIC
At Plattsmouth, Wednesday, August 2, Will
Undoubtedly Be a Grand Success.
SPECIAL TRAINS WILL BE RON
The Local Committees are Exceedingly Busy
Engaged In Arranging Affairs.
A GRAND BIG DAY FOR OUR LITTLE CITY
J. XV. Harnett, president and, P. I.
Devol, treasurer of the Omaha Wood
men, were in the city last Thursday and
in conjunction with the local commit
tee arranged all details for the big
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neigh
bor picnic to be held August 2.
Special trains will arrive from Oma
ha at 9:00 and 9:30 a. m. The parade
will start at 10:00 a. m. It will be
headed by the B. & M. band. Then
will come lady foresters and members
of Pansy Camp Xo. 10, R. X. A., visit
ing Foresters and Neighbors; Omaha
camps; Washington county camp; cass
county camp; Cass camp No. 3:52 M.
W. A. Head Consul Talbot. A cash
prize of $10 00 will be given
for the
cent of
camp having the largest per
members in parade.
The parade will proceed from the
B. & M. depot up Main to Sixth; Sixtli
to Pearl; Pearl to Chicago Ave, and
thence to the ground.
Mayor Tiering will give an addressof
of welcome at the grounds. There
will also be speeches by A. R. Talbot,
Mrs. Fleming and others.
Three hundred dollars has been pro
vided to be given in cash prizes. The
Elks w ill play a game of ball with the
Woodmen and $15 will go to the win
ners. Other events win be as follows:
Foot race for ladies, 50 yards; foot race
for girls under 13 years, 50 yards: foot
race for men, 50 yards; sack race; boys'
race; spoon race; potato race: egg
race: Plattsmouth-Turner exhibition;
three, legged race; t nir or war north
of Platts vs south Platts: Foresters'
drill; Junior drill: individual Fores
ters' drill.
For all of the above events liberal
i prizes
have been oifered. There will
i !.. 10 for the Turner exhibition; $5 for
j tug of war. Three prizes of $50, $30
and 20 for the Foresters' drill; three
prizes of 25. $15 and S10 for the Junior
drill and smaller cash prizes for all
t he other events.
There w ill also be prizes for fattest
Woodman, the shortest Woodman, the j
bravest Woodman and the lightest i
Woodman. All prizes will delivered
by Fred W. Ebidger.
Henry R. Gering has charge of the
concessions; F. R. Ballance isnjanager
of the grounds: H. S. Barthold is mar
shal of the day with several aides.
The Elks rooms have been selected
as headquarters for the officers' asso
ciation for the day.
Lunch baskets and parcels will be
checked free of charge at the grounds.
A rate of 5 cents for bus fare from the
the depot to the grounds has been se
cured The town is today being billed
with large posters advertising the
picnic.
Much credit is due both the Omaha
and local committees for theenergetie
and businesslike way in which they
are pushing things. The picnic of
August 2nd promises to be one of the
most successful ever held in this vicin
ity. Yhy it is Thus.
Five ears ago there were a half
dozen applicants for every country
school. Now the schools are advertis
ing for teachers. What makes the
ditTi'rence? It would seem to he tl e
higher requirements for a teacher. It
is not so easy to get a certilieate as it
was a fev years ago. se the poorer
teachers have been forced out of the
business and into other fields. On ac
count of these higher reouirements
the teacher's salary should be higher
than wa paid by country schools
several years ago. It takes more time
and more schooling and therefore
more iuune to ilr the teacher for work.
Country school teacher have mploy
ment for only seven or eight months
in the year and it is not easy to find re
numerative work through vacation.
They have to live twelve months on
what they make in seven or eight
Often too, they have to attend sum
mer schools to better fit themselves
for work. Most of them find it im
possible to save anything out of tlie
$25 or S4 ) per month salary they make.
They shoull receive 845 orS50. Better
pay brings better teachers.
Plattsmouth Leads tt)e State.
Julius Pepperberg, the cigar manu
facturer, calls attention to the follow
ing facts: "In the Omaha Bee of July
20 is an article giving in detail the ex
ports of Nebraska for the year 1104.
Among other things we find that Ne
braska shipped 207,500 cigars to her
neighbor states, and of this number
135,300, or over half, were exported
from this city. About 95 percent, of
this number were 'buds,' which means
that more 'buds' were exported in 1104
than all other brands manufactured in
the state." Who said Plattsmouth
wasn't a manufacturing town ?
EN ROUTE FOR GERMANY
The
Boys Land in New York City
Safety, Where They Spend a
Few Hours.
in
Nkw York, July 19, 11K)5.
To the Editor of the Journal :
As there are a good many of our
friends who are interested in our jour
ney to Germany, I will write a few
lines from New York. In the first
place we thank them one and all for
the courtesy shown us when we left
dear old Plattsmouth. We arrived at
St Louis Sunday at 7.30 a. m.. and
after a few hours' rest we went to see
the world's fair grounds. Many are
the buildings there yet which give
evidence of this great exposition, but
the Chicago Wrecking company is de
stroying what cost millions of dollars
to build. The Tyrolean Alps will be
left unmolested, the city having
bought them for $75,000. St. Louis
has some beautiful parks. We went to
Forest Highland park, which Is one
mile from the exposition grounds,
where there is all kinds of amusement
for young and old. After spending all
day Monday in the city, we left at 9 29
p. m. over the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern, arriving. at Cincinnati
the next morning at 7.30, and at 11
o'clock we reached the Allegheny
mountains. To describe this trip of
200 miles would rill the whole Journal.
.
so 1 will only sav that it is worm uie
price to take this route. We went
through IS tunnels, being in one three
minutes. Then again the train wound
its way along the hillside. On one
side we saw a creek fully 75 feel below,
and on the other side the mountains
reached about 100 feet above us
William Kaulmann said be wouldn't
want to be found dead in that coun
try. ''''I vve had to agree with him on
that point, but for sightseeing it can't
be beat. About 0 p. in. we again had
clear sailing. We arrived in New York
this morning at 8.30. All along the
road small grain looked to be all right,
but the corn was very poor. In some
places it had tired.
We will leave tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock. We all went this afternoon
to view the Deutschland. Billie says,
"Noah's ark could not compare with
it." He can hardly talk today from
using his lips too much on the train.
Yours truly,
Rli. Ramskl and Party.
P. S. Henry Kaufmann look the
I job as night watchman, but before
J long he was sound asleep, when Rillie
took his place and would not let us
sleep.
To MaHe Matters Move.
The only trouble with Plattsmouth
when she desires to make a success of
any movement that is for the benefit
of the city is to get the right parties
at the head of it. It then moves
along smoothly to a successful comple
tion. Take the Woodmen's picnic, to
be held here Wednesday, August 2, for
instance. When the proper parties
took the arrangements in hand, headed
by Mayor Gering, the amount deemed
necessary for this purpose was soon
raised. Our business men, most of
them, always subscribe liberally to
such events when they are visited by
those who make things move. The
biggest crowd that has been in Platts
mouth for years w ill be here August 2.
And all because men are at its head
w ho w ill do all in their power to bring
i a big crow 1 here.
Cass County Gets $2,177.54.
Mate T;eaurer M enson has re
funded ,J.,tU.;'; to i: e counties that
paid it into the state treasury in the
form of a tax inheritances. lie old
this by iitv-ction !' the legislature
which parsed a iav refunding th.?
mopey and directing lhat it be used
for improving the public highways.
The fund has been accumulating for a
rw years, but has not been used be
cause the legislature never made pro
vision for its use. Owing to indiffei
ence of taxing officers it is believed the
inheritance tax was seldom collected
when justly due. The an ount re
funded to our county is $.,! "7.54.
L. G. TODD SERIOUSLY HURT
The Old Pioneer's Horse Runs Away With
Him and Throws Him Out of
the Buggy.
Last Thursday, after the livening
Journal had gone to press, we received
a special telephone message from
Union stating that L. C Todd had
been the victim of a serious accident
Mr. Todd had driven out on business
to one of his farms during the day in a
one-horse buggy. He was returning to
town about 3 o'clock, when the horse
took fright at a train and ran away
Mr. Todd was thrown to the ground
and dragged several rods by the terri
fied animal. A gang of section men
who were working close at hand has
tened to his assistance, picked him up
and he was taken to his home. A
physician made an examination and
found the collar bone dislocated. Oth
erwise his injuries consisted of bruises.
He was reported to be resting well to
day after his exciting experience.
Mr. Todd is 75 years of age, but still
has a good constitution. He is one of
the best known men in the county,
living taken an active part in county
pontics, ana also having been nomi
nated at one time for governor.
Mr. Todd is a pioneer citizen of Cass
county, and all his friends would re
gret to hear of his injuries proving
fatal. They wish hkm 'sbeedy re
coverv.
THE BALL GAMES SATURDAY
Cedar Creek Wins First and Rain Inter
- feres With the Second Game.
The Cedar Creek aggregation of base
ball players drifted in from their town
Saturday. They were a promising look
ing team even in civilian clothes, but
when after dinner at the Riley they
appeared in their battle green uni
forms they looked positively menacing.
The R. & M.'s went up against them
first at 2 p. m. This game lasted two
Ik L'-s and the Cedar Creeks just ate
mem up at the rate of 10 to 3.
Thus encouraged the boys from the
Creek entered the second game confi
dent of victory, but here they had
recond without their ho.st. The Elks
led off with two scores in the first in
ning and three in the second, while
Cedar Creeksgot two gouse eggs in the
same innings. In the third the Cedar
Creeks got in two runs on a lly that
looked very much like a foul, but was
allowed by the umpire. This seemed
to brace up the visitors. A human
bellows took his place at third and
shouted encouragement to the hosts ot
Cedar Creek trembling on the verge of
defeat. And it seemed his efforts did
good. The Elks circled the diamond
in the fourth and the Cedar Creeks
followed suit. In the fifth the Elks
turned in enough coupons for three
runs and the visitors cheerfully hand
ed in a like number.
Meantime a cloud had risen in the
north and advanced upon the teams.
The first half of the sixth was in pro
gress with the visitors at the bat
when the rains descended and the
floods came and put an end to the
game.
It was the best game seen on the
local grounds this season. The Elks
were more evenly matched than by
any other team. It must be conceed
ed that the men from Cedar Creek can
play ball almost as good as the Elks.
Carmack was hit with the ball in
the first game and had a finger sprain
ed and in the third inning of the sec
ond game the ball struck Ballance on
the middle finger of the right hand,
breaking the skin and splintering the
bone. A physician dressed it.
Following is the score by Innings:
H. & M 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 03
Cedar Creek. ...1 2 0 5 2 0 2 1 0-10
Elks .
Cedar
2 3 0
Creek 0 0 2
A Big Wheat Crop.
Will and Henry Hayes are rejoicing
over their big wheat crop, which they
threshed, last week. They had in 80
acres, which averaged 32 bushels per
acre, or 2,500 bushels, which they sold
for T6 cents per bushel, bringing them
in the neat sum of $1,945 00, or $24.32
per acre. That's not so worse. Rring
in your wheat stories, gentlemen.
Who's next? Elm wood Leader-Echo.
Hurrah for "Windy!"
The Journal received a message
about 2 o'clock Saturday informing us
that Mr. and Mis. Wil Vallery are
the possessors of a bouncing baby boy,
born today. Cur informant also says
that "Windy" is hopping around like
a chicken with its head cut off. Moth
er and little are doing nicely.
Lorn? live the little stranger
To enloy a ripe, old age.
Always a comfort to his arents.
And liecome very frrtat sage.
Accident Near Manley.
The following is taken from the
Manley correspondent to the Weeping
Water Republican : "News reached
here Monday of a probably fatal acci
dent which occurred several miles
west of here on tlie farm of August
Oelerking. While Mary Oelerking was
driving the team attached to the hay
fork the heavy iron pulley in use es
caped from the rope and Hew up, strik
ing the girl on the head and fractur
Higher skull. Medical assistance was
at once summoned, and, although the
unfortunate girl was alive at last ac
counts, but slight hopes of her recov
ery are held out."
RILEY HOTEL BLOCK SOLD
John K. Teare, a Monmouth, Illinois, Bank
er, Becomes the Owner.
CONSIDERATION 65,000.00 DOLLARS
Eight Hundred Acres of Land in Audrain Coun
ty, Mo., Taken in Exchange.
HAS FAITH IN PLATTSMOUTH'S FUTURE
XV. W. Coates sold the Riley block
Saturday to J. K. Teare, of Monmouth,
111 , taking as exchange 800 acres of
farm land in Audrain county, Mis
souri, the consideration being $05,000.
Mr. Teare, the new owner, is a
banker at Monmouth, and takes the
Riley as a permanent investment. He
has been in the city a few days, and is
well impressed with the business as
pect of Plattsmouth. He is a conser
vative, but experienced investor, and
his purchase of the Riley is in itself an
indication of the prosperous and prom
ising condition of Plattsmouth.
The Riley block was built in 189 by
J. E. Riley at a cost of $85,000. For a
long time the property was very much
cgiscted and allcwed to run down,
but within the last two years s-everal
thousand dollars have -been expended
on it, consisting of a general overhaul
ing and some remodeling. New ten
ants have moved into the building,
and the income has been increased
from all sides, making the Riley one of
the best income producing properties
in Plattsmouth.
Frank Dunbar, w ho has so success
fully managed the hotel end of the
property, will continue to run the
house, having recently entered into a
ten year lease.
The deal was made by 11. R. Wind
ham, and has been pending several
weeks. Mr. Coates expressed himself
well pleased with the trade, and while
the Journal would like to see Platts
mouth property remain with Platts
mouth people, yet Mr. Coates still re
mains one of the largest propeity
owners in our city, and Mr. Teare has
expressed himself as being willing to
try and assist Plattsmouth in getting
some new industries. It is by no
means a had idea to have outside capi
talists interested in Plattsmouth prop
erty. Men so interested naturally
exert themselves to build up the town
where their money is invested.
Very True.
The very best thing in this week's
Commoner is tlie tribute paid by llich
ard L. Metcalfe to the institution of
marriage. Met. holds that in spite of
the record of divorce mills, which
merely register the weaknessof human
nature and the poor judgment of those
who don the matrimonial harness
without rJrst getting acquainted, the
institution of marriage is sacred above
all other contracts and one of the most
successful of a!l heaven-ordained com
pacts. If there were more disserta
tions on how to make home happy
and fewer labored editorials going to
show the advantage of the country of
electing this instead of that bunch of
politicians to office, newspapers would
be more useful and interesting w ithal.
Lincoln Journal.
Hurt at the Gas TanK.
Three of the workmen on the gas
tank were hurt this afternoon. They
were working on the interior of the
tank near the top when in some way
they lost their balance and fell to the
hard steel bottom of the tank. One
of the men, Bill .Sage, was rather
badly injured and was taken at once
to a doctor. Mr. Sage is a large man
and for that reason, perhaps.sustained
the greatest injury. Be had a cut in
his head and a sprained ankle which
will lay him oil for some time.
Base Ball Friday.
The Bellevae base ball team will
meet the Elks next Friday at 3 p. m.
at the ball grounds. Admission 25
cents. Ladies free.
BIG SENSATION
AT LOUISVILLE
A Citizen is Charged With Seducing Two
Innocent Little Girls.
WIFE DISBELIEVES CHARGE
And is Not Worrying Much Oyer Her Hus
bands Serious Troubles.
ACCUSED HAS DEPARTED FROM HOME
i From th' CourU-r.)
'1 he Courier is not accustomed to
printing communications where the
authors do not sign their names, hut
as there has been so much comment in
regard to the charges against Geo.
McDonald, we print the following let
ter, received in the mails Thursday,
and will leave the readers to draw
their own conclusion. Here it is:
"Mr. Editor of the Courier: -We
would just say that this base scandal
that is going around the community
alxiut fleo. McDonald we believe to
be an infamous falsehood made from
enmity and child persuation, and we
think that all of those whoare so ready
to believe and hel p operate such scandal
to break hearts and homes will take
their bible and read the eighth chap
ter of St. John and a pply it to them
selves. There wont be one left - no
not one and the question will be,
'Where are thosr;, thine accuseis.'
A rniKMi,.
George McDonald has been a resi
dent of this vicinity for a number of
years and is personally known by al
most every man, woman and child in
the community. The story to'.d about
him is of a most damaging nc ti re and
if he is Innocent there is no one who
would go farther to assist him in prov
ing his innocence and clear I he c'i, Tgu
against his character than the editor
of the Cour'er.
The story that comes to the Courier
is that he has been guilty of the i K.st
hellish crime of the seduction of t.v.o
little gi rls. aged trn and twelve ais
respectively. Our informant tuilliir
states that McDonald hasleftlor p.iits
unknown. The crime, it is said, was
committed on one of t he girls over i;e
year ago but the other of a more re
cent date.
A Courier repoiter called at, the Mc
Donald home on Thuisday evening.
Mrs. McDonald, when asked if she ha!
any statement to make said:
"I have nothing to say further than
1 believe in the innocence of my hus
band and am satisfied that as soon as
those girls feel that they dare tell the
truth that they will own up th:tt it is
all a lie, gotten up to ruin George."
"I am told that your husband
runaway. If he is innocent why
he leave?"' was asked.
"He just couldn't stand to
has
did
ave
such a charge thrown up to him by
the men at the clay pit, where he was
working. The .story first got out on
Thuisday or last week. He first, thought
he would pay no attention to it, but
the men kept twitting him arid it wor
ried him so he had to quit work. And
then you know that if George had
been arrested and those kids told th'i
story that they tell now he wcul.i
have went to the penitentiary in spite
of all he could do or say."
"Do you know where your husband
went'?" was asked.
'I have not the least idea. lie never
told me where he was going."
"But I am told you have sold your
cow and expect to follow your hus
band," said the reporter.
"I have not sold my cow, but I ex
pect to sell her because I cannot take
care of her. I may go away from here
myself, but not to follow him. No, I
could not live with him until he has
cleared himself of this charge. Some
people expect to find me sheddii g
tears and crying my eyes out over ti e
matter, but I tell you I am not built
that way." Continuing. Mrs. McDon
ald said: "The parties back of all this
talk wanted to spread the report asfar
as they could, but now I understand
they are just as anxious to keep it out
of the papers. This is not the first
time they have tried to make trouble
for us. The truth will come out
sooner or later."
Mrs. McDonald lives in a cottage in
the south part of town with her 1-j ear
old babe, and if she is worrying much
over her husband's trouble she is too
gritty to let it be known to tbeoutside
world.
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