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moutb Journal. Ixlbe Platte PLATTSMOUTH, XEHKASKA, TIIUKSDAV, OCTOHKIf P- VJOZ. VOLIJMK XXV TART CURB-STONE JOSHINGS Culled, Clipped, Penciled and Prepared for! the Readers of the Journal. in- st-i won't !uk-yii v.ryfir. Viiii'vc l k IxTi w.iikjii:.-: fi- wrl wim't liih:it yu ;m-. Viu'v- irot tn U mii :ilktn: ilrn- lii'-li won't in.iki- yni v.-rv t til. Ym'- ' l-.- ii irrn!i:.'; . I ill ! ;!" won I l' it ill I. Y.i!i'i'f"t 10 k ' in irnwiii.r. It doesn't i;iy to own anything you can't pay for. Repentance that follows detection isn't the real think'- It takes a woman's will to convince a man against his will. Many a man's mind like a garret, is tilled with useless things. When a lamp stands in its own light it is time to turn it down. An honest man never speculates with other people's money. Incompatibility of finances is the root of many divorce cases. How often has the lovely banana peel given pride a hard fall. A dead man is soon forgotten un less his widow marries again. Two can live just as cheaply as one, after they have been made one. The public schools are grinding smoothly with but few truants. Some men would be more, likely to take hints if they could pawn them. Too many people are interested in business that is none of their business. Don't pass up the certainty of to day for the uncertainty of tomorrow. A married man. if wise, never attempts to give advice to a bachelor. The short sleeved girl has gone into winter quarters. Ditto.the straw hat. The nutting season is on. Oh, how we remember those happy days so long ago. Every international controversy de velopes a lot of dry goods box diplo mats. When a woman drives a man to drink he never stops until he gets there. When you greet misfortune with a smile it comes back at you with a fiendish grin. But the size of a woman's mouth has nothing to do with the strenuousuess cf her tongue. If it were possible to amputate one's conscience the surgeons would have to work overtime. An old bachelor is fortunate in not having to pose as a model for his sister's children. A man's superstitution refuses to work when he is offered thirteen oysters for a dozen. It is the easiest thing in the world to convince the average man that he's far above the average. The ice man is losing his grip on the people, while the coal man is begin ning to get in his work. Some people's attempts at being good-natured are about the funniest things that ever happen. Some people fail to apppeciate the value of space in a live newspaper. Hut these are back numbers. That silly young man who flirts with trouble is apt to rind himself married to it sooner or later. Only a few married men care to attend public lectures. They have toa many private lectures at home. Every man who lives in Plattsmouth should stand up for the town six days in the week and Sunday if necessary. Arjy woman who can refrain from saying mean things about her poor re lations possesses genuine self-control. About the only difference there is between an undertaker and a funeral director is in their method of figuring. The sere and yellow loaves are fall ing last, which is a gentle reminder that hoary-heaUd winter is almost here. The merchant who does not want trade every day in ti e year, is the fellow who only advertises when trade is good. There is something wrong with the girl who doesn't kno.v that a oisng man is in 1 .ve with her until he mentions it. There will b? one consolation to parents on the arrival of w inter their girls can't be on the streets so often in the evening. At the age of six a girl wishes her father kept a candy store: at the age of sixteen she wishes he owned a dry goods emporium. Before her marriage a woman thinks all men are alike, but a few months after she is firmly convinced that at least one is worse. Don't discourage anyone from locat ing in our midst. Remember he who will do this is not a good citizen, and should get a move on himself out of town. HE GETS JUDG MENT FOR $16,000 Ed Brantner is Congratulated by All Who Desired to See Justice Done. ENTIRELY DISABLED FOR MANUAL LABOR And Without Assistance Would be Thrown Upon the Charities of a Generous Publie. About j o'clock Thursday night at tea the Evening Journal had been distrib uted to its patrons the glad tidings were telephoned to Ed Brantner from Glenwood, Iowa, that the jury had just returned a verdict in his favor for SIG.OOO. It does not seem necessary to review this case from the' beginning, as every reader of the Journal is Jully.acquaint ed with the facts', the manner in which be was injured, etc. The plain tiff was a switchman in the employ of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway company at Pacific Junction, and about eighteen months ago while in the discharge of his duties as switch man, received such injuries as to make his life dispaired of for many weeks, and the attending physicians are unit in declaring that recovery to his pres ent condition is indeed miraculous. And while he is now able to get around on crutches he is not able to perform any kind of labor. The case was taken from the district court of Cass county to the federal court atOmaha.wherehe lost the case. By the untiring efforts of his attorney, Matthew Gering, the federal judge granted a new hearing in the matter, and it was taken to the district court of Mills county, Iowa, with the above result. The person who can see the condi tion of Ed Brantner and then say that he is not entitled to damages is devoid of all sympathy for unfortunate hu manity. Of course thecase will be appealed to the supreme court of Iowa, and it will be some time yet before the case is fully settled. Jurors November Term District Court The follow ing is a list of petit jurors draw n for the November term of the Cass county district court: Sol A damson Henry A hi Wesley Bookmeier George Buel Ed Barwick O. E. Chandler John Campbell O. A. Davis C. C. Despain Wilson Gilmore JohnGraub James Ilesentlow William Haynes James Ilenneger William Laughlin Perry Marsh Fred Muencbau R. II. Patton C. A. Richey - J. G. Richey I. W.Toland C. II. Warner A. A.' Wettenkamp Willis E. Whitney TYPHOID FEVER RAGING Eighteen Patients at the Lincoln Hospital for the Insane. A special from Lincoln says there are eighteen patients at the hospital for the insane, four nurses and Pathol ogist George A. Young who are seri ously ill with typhoid fever. The special further says: "At a special meeting of the state board of public lands and buildings this morning Su perintendent Greene of the asylum was given unlimited authority to act. 'The first case appeared last Mon day, and others have fallen ill in quick succession. As yet the authorities have been unable to determine the exact cause. Thorough investigation has been made of the water and of the milk supply for the institution and both have proved undoubtedly pure. The only other method of infection is thought to Ve the carrying of typhoid germs from infected districts by llies and ether insects. Every effort is be ir;g made to check the epidemic and it is hoped to have it soon under control. Dr. Young and several of the nurses who have since contracted the disease assisted in the investigation of the water supply. Overcrowding is supposed to be the cause of the infection.'' Ccn't be Imposed Upon. Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Iloney and Tar many imitations are offered for the genuine. These worthless im itations have similar sounding names. Beware of them. The genuine Foley's Iloney and Tar is in a yellow package. Ask for it and refuse any substitute. It is the best remedy for coughs and colds. F. G. Fricke & Co. Assessment Schedules For 1906. The state auditing department is sending out to the county assessors of the state the new assessment sched ules for the I'.ioti assessment. The new books vary from the old in that the amendments to the revenue law made by the last session of the legislature provide for several additional columns for the tabulated returns. Additional spaces for the changes in real estate valuations are provided for. The de partment has had 1. :!') copies of the new book published for the use of the j assessors. GRACE MILLER SEEKS HER CHILD She Tells the Omaha Authorities that the Baby Was Kidnapped. A special from Omaha under date of Thursday says: "A little woman wearing a distressed and inquiring look, worried her way through the corridors of the court house today, searching for a trace of her three-months-old baby. She gave her name as Mrs. Grace Miller, now of Lincoln, but formerly of Plattsmouth. This is the woman's story: "About two weeks ago I left Platts mouth and gave my baby in the charge of a woman there. A few days ago I went back and asked to see the child, but was told by the woman in whose custody it had been left that an officer of a child's home society in Omaha had been down and kidnapped the little boy. "I came up toOmaha here and found the woman, who had come to this city, and she told me that the child's home to which my baby had been taken was in the Brown block, but that they were no longer in possession of the child, as they had placed it with a family for adoption. She wouldn't tell me where it was, but said it was about 100 miles from here. "1 want to rind out whether adop tion papers have been tiled here." It was found that no adoption had been recorded in the court house here, and the woman left for the Brown "bloclrto make a further search. ' As the Nebraska children's home so ciety has offices in the Brown block, Superintendent Quivey was asked about the affair he said: "The child was ordered by the court at Plattsmouth to be placed in our home. It seems that the woman was not a proper one to have the custody or the child. The child was obtained by us through the court, after the county attorney had investigated the case and we have found a home for it." Railroading Thirty Years Ago. The increase in business in thirty years has been remarkable on Nebraska railroads. While T. E. Calvert was general superintendent of the Bur lington lines west of the river he re called an incident of early railroading, when the Burlington lines in the state consisted solely of the line from Plattsmouth to Kearney. One train a day was run west of Lincoln. One day that train made a trip to Kearney without carryingone pound of freight. On the way out the train killed a ranchman's cow. The section men found the dead animal, removed the pelt and sent it back to Lincoln when the train returned that evening. That pelt was the only piece of freight han dled on the round trip, 130 miles each way. Truth Will Cut. The foreign advertiser keeps ever lastingly at it. The local advertiser puts in an ad and awaits results. The foreign advertiser does business all the year round. The local man is willing to admit that there are dull seasons, when he lets the other fellow do the business. Asa matter of fact there should be no dull season in this town. There are times when the farmers are too busy to come to town and stay long, but they arc never too busy to come or send their wives to do the ne cessary trading. The merchants are largely responsible for the dull times of which we hear. Mcsquitos Bad. Judge Hayward had his family mare out in the pasture in the western part of the city and .Saturday brought it in. The animal was a fright, being cov ered with lumps.they being from mos quito bites. The animal would have been dead had it been left there for a much longer time. A number of oth ers who have had horses out in past ures where the lands were low and wa ter plentiful have found the same thing and had to move them to save their lives. Nebraska City News. A SWEET LITTLE DARLING AT REST After Months cf Suffering, Bessie, Young est Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cory, Passes Away. Header, did you ever possess a house hold idol? If you have you must cer tainly extend sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. John Cory in the loss of their lit tle daughter, and the sisters, all of whom Idolized the little darling. For many months little Bessie has been a sufferer from a disease that from the start was considered fatal, the only hope being that being so young she might possibly outgrow it. But as the days and hours flew by the flower of the household, it could easily be seen, was gradually fading away, and like the biting frosts that steals upon the tender bud ere its full bloom, it is so with the Grim Reaper in the cutting down of the flower of a house hold in her youth. Death is at times sad to contem plate, but it is doubly so when the baby of the household, with her joyous laughter music to all no matter how much noise it was our idol. But she is gone. Early Friday morning it was known that her little life 'vas rapidly ebbing away and that in a'!ew hours her little spirit would be d Jmbered with those gone before to that home from whence none ever retcrn.- Evidently the little daughter and sister bad a warning that her hours were few, and called all the family around the couch on which she lay, and they remained with her until death relieved her last evening at 7:50 o'clock, then it was fully realized that the idol of the family was no more, and it was then that the grief-stricken parents and sisters gave way, and many tears were shed by friends of the family who were present when death came. The Journal, extends its most heart felt sympathy to the bereaved ones over the loss that is irreparable because no one knew her but to love her.: vLCi' Bessie was born on the 3rd day of August, 1898, and died October 6, l'JOo, making her age 7 years, 2 months and 3 days. "BIG MUDDY" IS NAVIGABLE A Decision of interest to Land Owners Along the River. The Missouri river is a navigable stream according to the high author ity of the supreme court of the state of Nebraska, says the Lincoln News, notwithstanding the allegation of steamboat men that it is not open to even flatbottoraed boats at certain seasons of the year. If there are im passable sandbars in the future, the stream is a navigable waterway, and the steamboat man who questions that face will be making light of the law of the state and the land, for that is what the opinion of the tribunal be came when given official utterance in the decision in the case of William Kindead vs. C W. Turgeon, from De kota county The case arose out of the vagaries cf the boundary stream, which, on; day more than a year ago, shifted its course a mile, leaving the former chan nel on the border of Kinkead's farm dry and tilable. Turgeon saw the chance and located on a stretch of the dry river bed in front of the former's farm, and then began litigation in which an effort was made to oust the squatter. Kinkead claimed the land in the river channel, setting up the theory that he owned the riverbed to the middle of the channel, and had full right to it when the tract was left high and dry. The court holds that the rier, being navigable, is a public stream and that jits change of course, leaving the bed i high and dry, makes it public land j open to entry. Where the change in the bed of the river is gradual, how ever, the court holds the riparian land owner would have title. After Twenty-one Years. A special from Weeping Water says: 'O. K. Cromwell has traded the 'Gibbon House" to T. T. I-essler for a farm near Pawnee City and will give possession December 1st. By the time Mr. Cromwell vacates he and his wife will have run the Gibbon House successfully for twenty-one years and six months. They will be very much missed both by the citizens here, and by the traveling public." THAT "SCAVENGER" LAW Cities and Counties Can Sell for Less Than Taxes Due. The descision of tlu supreme court in the case of Saunders vs. It. o. Fink county treasurer of Douglas county, has been interpreted by eminent attor neys to mean that a county or c ity can buy tax certificates for less than t lie taxes, but that such certilicates can not be sold for less t ban the taxes, but that such certilicates cannot be sold for less than their face value with the the legal rate of interest provided in the act added to the amount. Saun ders bid 75 for a lot on which the city had bid SO.so and on another lot on which the city had bid 10O. The contention of Saunders the relator was First, that the city of Omaha could not become a bidder at the sale for a tax certificates in question, and second that he was the only bidder at the sale, his bid should have been accepted and the certificate assigned to him. With regard to the right of the rela tor the court holds: "He had a right to purchase at the sale the tax certifi cates in dispute for the amount due thereon, although that might be less than the amount of the decree." The decision is regarded as conclusive that cities and counties can sell delinquent propeny for less than the amount of taxes due. ELEGANT RECEP TION AT LINCOLN Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Weckbach at the Home of Mrs. Katherina Weckbach. In speaking of the wedding recep tion given last Thursday evening by M rs.Katherina Weckbach at her home, 1909 L street, in Lincoln, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Weckbach, of Crete, Neb., the Lincoln Journal nal says it was attended by a company of two hundred and fifty people. An orchestra was stationed on the porch which was enclosed, lighted with Jap anese lanterns and furnished with rugs, cushions and chairs. In the house elaborate decorations in pink, white and green were used. Those in the re ceiving line with Mrs. Weckbach were her sen and his bride, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weckbach, Miss Mary Weck bach and Edward J. Weckbach of Den ver. The mother wore a handsome gown of black silk and the bride was dressed in her wedding gown of white net over white silk. Palms, ferns and carnations formed the decorations. Punch was served in the library by Mrs. John Donelan of Weeping Water, assisted by the Misses Verna Leonard and Dora Fricke of Plattsmouth. Miss Mathilda Weckbach invited the guests from the library to the dining room, where white ice cream with a pink heart in the center, pink cake, white snow drops and pink and white candy wafers were served by Miss Anna Grif fin and Mrs. Will Clements of Tlatts mouth, assisted by Florence and Helen Waugh, Vera Schaupp, Margaret Har rington and Lydia Roth of Grand Isl and. A beautiful effect was achieved in the decorations of the table by the use of a large cut glass bowl filled w ith pink roses and a centerpiece surround ed by fern leaves scattered over the ta ble and pink candles in glass candle sticks. Mrs. Will Straub received the guests at the door and Clair Roth di rected them upstairs. The out of town guests were as fol lows: E. J. Weckbach. Denver: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roth and Lydia. Clair and Dorothy Roth, Grand Island: Dr. and Mrs. M. O. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Murphy, Ralph Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. George Meissner, Gertrude Rademacher, Crete: Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Johnson, University Place: Mr. and Mrs. ). A. Donelan, Weeping Water: Mrs. Will Clements. Misses Dora and Lena Fricke. Miss Verna Leonard. Piattsmouth: K. F. Real. Mi.-s Mary Real, Grafton: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ilemple, Mrs. Mary Duffy, Havelock: Mrs. John Finnigan, Robert Finnigan. Ceresco: Miss Lou Engle. Hastings. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Weckbach left Friday afternoon for Crete, where they will be guests on October 17 at a reception tendered in their honor by Mr. and Mrs.Tidball and Mr. and Mrs. Meissner. Good Farm for Sale. October 14 to 18 I will be at my fath er's, six miles south, of Plattsmouth, and will sell my 143 acre level farm, lo cated near Rock Bluffs, for $36 an acre and give easy terms. Do not rent when you can get a bargain like this. Call and I will gladly show the land. E. O. Fukloxg. DARING, DASTARDLY WORK Chicken Thieves are Detected in Their Nefarious Deeds 2nd Fire Upon Their Pursuer. THEY MAKE GOOD THEIR ESCAPE Suspicion Rests Upon Certain Pa 1 1 er. and Their. Arrest May Soon be Made. Last Saturday night M. S. Briggs, living on the south edge of the city, was aroused from his shunters by a noise among his chickens, lie got up and proceeded to find out the trouble. As he went in the direction of the chicken house he saw two fellows sneaking away, one of whom had a sack on his shoulder. Then lie pro ceeded to head them off and in doing so one of the thieves who had a gun turned and tired tn him. Having nothing to defend himself, Mr. Briggs wisely concluded to a halt. After getting a little farther away three more shots were tired. In their effort to get away, the sack which contained two live chickens, a rooster and turkey, the latter two having their heads am putated, was dropped. At one time Mr. Briggs says lie was within twenty feet of one of them and as the moon was yet shining brightly, lie got a full description of him, and would know him anywhere. It has certainly come to a pretty pass that men who are mean enough to enter chicken houses to steal will also go prepared to even murder in order to make their escape. This matter of robbing hen-roosts is getting to be monotonous, and within the past week several of Mr. Briggs' neighbors have been missing chickens, one having twenty taken one night. Mr. Briggs and his neighbors are load ing up their shot guns and say they will use them on the first suspicious characters found prowling about there after they have retired to rest.. - Some means should be devised by which the community could rid itself of such a class of people,, but just how it could be done the Journal is unable to say, unless through the organization of a vigilance committee. After Twenty-Two Years. Mrs. Andrew Tutt, sister of P. E. Ruffner, arrived in the city Saturday evening on a visit to her brother and family and other friends. Mrs. Tutt's home is in Pendleton, Oregon, and .she departed from Plattsmouth twenty two years ago. This is her first visit here since leaving, and t he meeting with her brother after s j many years was no doubt a happy one. Mrs. Tutt also finds many changes in the old town she left twenty-two years ago. Eddie Scrjulhof's Accident. Eddie Schulhof was over from Glen wood to spend Sunday with his mot her. He says his hand is improving quite rapidly, but he will be compelled to carry it in a sling for sometime. It was an unfortunate accident for Ed die, and the Journal trusts that his injuiy will not interfere with his pro fession. The Glen wood Opinion, speak ing of the accident, says: "Ed Schul hof. bandmaster at the Institution and also a teacher in the Industrial training school, had the misfortune to get one of his lingers crught in the machinery. The end of it was ampu tated." Boy Shoots Companion. Vernie Williams aged three and a half years, was shot by Myron David son, aged four years, Saturday after noon, at Glenwcod, Iowa, which a;:airi shows the carelessness of some people in permitting loaded revolvers to lie around loose about the house. The children were piaying in t he p'Oin of Samuel Richabaugh in the o'.d Hud son house. The loaded revolver was found and discharged in soma :n known manner, the ball. 3:!-.':Hiii.;er, striking the Williams child in the right superior maxnary bone below the eye. and was removed by Dr. Donelan, from the deep musses on the brick of the neck. Thejchance for re;ov":y is slight. Plans to Get Rich are often frustrated by sudden break downs due to dyspepsia or constipa tion. Brace up and take Dr. King's New Life Pills. Tney takeout the ma terial? which are clogging your ener gies and give you a new start. Cures headache and dizziness too. At F. G. Fricke & Co.'s drug store: i'c, guaranteed.