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f IT'S Tilt GLAD ur nrw to-U of .im1 for
I CHRISTMASTIME J11'" IIo,i,,a-v 'r-'""
t. r J? NVarly all of it will 1- in place
ami iv;nlv for voiir iiij tion a ia.-t a it nrriw-. It s u
Carefully Selected and Up -to -Date Stock
ami tin- jift-iv in puMir will find u well prepared t
supply their wants in this line.
IF WE SELL IT. IT'S RIGHT
John W. Crabill, Jeweler
Whin Quality Is Always Right
A Stylish
5j From Head
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That's what anyone can be if they so
Hosirfv Ynn Hnn't need to he n
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millionaire, but you've iot to have sense
and use judgment in buying garments
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See our fine display of new and nobby
Fall and W;nter Clothing
Overcoats, Hats, Caps, Gloves, etc., etc.
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S PLATTSMOUTH,
A VerlfoBIe Toy Fairyland "
Greatest
Holiday
Stock
Shown In
the West.
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The Reliable Store
V7hy JVot a "Piano for
a Gift?
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Collin Piano Co., are retiring: from the retail business,
our cash offer for the stock was accepted and the entire stock
is now sale. This concern has alwajs had the repu
tation of carrying- strictly hijrh grade instruments. Such wll
known makes as Msian 00. Hawmllrt. Ety. Conavtr,
Cakbl. Wsgmsn. Schubert. Kingsbury Wellington.
Jawcob Doll.
With this stock we receired a number of slightly used
pianos that were invoiced at a ridiculously low price, in looking-them
over we find such makes as Knab. Flav.hor, Ctiick
rlrvg Son. Haines, MsUUU Clevrk. Kroll. Schmeffor.
Franklin. Emerson. In addition to the above stock you
will have our regular stock to select from. Customers wanting
anything from a grand piano to a Jew's Harp can be sup
plied by attending this sale. All the Guitars, Mandolins, Ac
cordeona. Zithers. Auto Harps. Music Boxes, Talking Machines,
Music Rolls and Sheet Music belonging- to the Collins stock,
will be disposed of within the next two weeks.
Customers expecting- to purchase a piano for Xmas, or in
fact, any kind of a musical instrument, should not dely in
calting or writing- to us at once. Will be pleased to forward
catalogues to out of town customers. Below we mention only
a f .'w of the pianos that will be disposed of in this sale:
One Upright Piano, dark case $ 50.00
Oue I'pright Piano, mahogany case 65.00
One I "pright Piano, oak case 75.00
Oue Upright Piano, burl walnut case 83.00
One Upright Piano, dark oak 98.00
One Upright Piano, fancy mahogany case. . 117.00
One Upright Piano, plain case 123.00
One Upright Piano, golden oak case 135.00
One Upright Piano, English walnut case. . . 145.00
OKU AXS $5.00, $10.00, $15.00, $17.00, $19.00, $23.00.
$27.00, $32.00, $35.00, $40.00. Now is the time to purchase your
Xmas present and make a great saving by doing so.
Planes Sold on Easy Payments If Desired.
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Union Block, Plattamouth, Nob
Dresser
To Heels b
can be if tliev so X
Don't buy trade
marks Buy
Clothes
We carry a line
of reliably made
Clothing, Shoes,
Furnishings, etc
and defycompe
cition. NEBRASKA.
Omaha's
Holiday
Shopping
Center.
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IT STRIKES THE
RIGHT KEY NOTE
New Jail Wanted for Cass County
and Wanted Bad.
SANITARY CONDITION BAD
The Old County Bastile is a Disgrace
to the Taxpayers.
Loe J. Maytield, of the Louisville
Courier, strikes the right key-note in
the following article, and we are glad
that the "hollering" comes from a
dilTerent quarter than Plattsmouth.
His suggestions are right to the point,
and we publish them because they arc
true:
"Did you ever pay a vi.sit to the
Cass county jail V Some of you have,
but more of you should go there of
your own free will, to be sure. The
Courier man was in jail the other day.
He went there of his own accord and
left without having to secure an order
from the district court. This one
visit was enough to convince us that
(..'ass count v should be prosecuted for
maintaining a joint like this and call
ing it a county jail. Located at the
foot of a high Muff where the sun
never penetrates, with manure piles
and outhouses on either side, one could
not imagine a more filthy and un
healthy location. The building is: an
old tumbled down shack unfit for a
barn, and here prisoners are held some
times for months a waiting trial. Above
the jail is the home of the sheriff. He
does not live there by choice but be
cause the law makes it compulsory for
him to do so. He keeps the jail as
clean as possible but he cannot keep
out the stench that comes from the
lilthy surroundings.
"Why not build a new jail on the
court house site? Cass county is able
to do it without working a hardship
to the taxpayers. It will have to be
done sooner or later. Why not now?
If the press of Cass county will take
the matter up it can be accomplished.
No one who has any pride in the coun
ty will oppose it. Do it now.''
The Growth of the State Debt.
State Auditor Searle's semi-annual
report shows that state warrants out
standing December 1st aggregated
$,4.",.",.is.,-4. Compared with the re
port of December the previous year,
this is an increase of SHiO!- Out
standing state warrants are supposed
to represent the debt of the state, but
many of the warrants outstanding are
on funds in which there is cash to pay
them. The outstanding debt is more
nearly represented by the warrants on
the general fund. Dec 1. l'.'U"). when
the general fund warrantsoutstanding
amounted to $2.:'.T.r).:;'.s.."..", an increase
of srJl.'.tti.iw during the past year.
The state holds i:i.4i7 of the war
rants represented in the debt. Under
the .Sheldon bill a one mill levy must
be made annually to pay the state
debt. The levy will produce about
:um,(mh) annually, beginning with this
yea r.
Gladys Cole Very SicK.
Miss Gladys Cole, residing near
Louisville, who was taken to the Pres
byterian hospital in Omaha about
three weeks ago, to have an operation
performed for appendicitis, is reported
very low, and the physicians have but
very little hopes of her recovery.
After the operation the physicians
found that she was atllicted with a
very dangerous abcess that had formed
in her side, and at the time they had
but little hopes of her ever getting
well. Miss Cole is a daughter of Mr;
and Mrs. A. F. Cole, and Mrs. Cole is
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt of
this city. Mrs. Phil. Prisbin, of Mur
ray, a very dear friend of the unfor
tunate girl's parents, passed through
Plattsmouth this afternoon enroute
to Omaha to see her.
Fast Mail's Furious Flight.
The Creston Advertiser Gazette
says that fast mail No. 71 on Thanks
giving day made what is thought to
be a record run from Creston to Coun
cil Muffs and recovered 49 minutes of
lost time, and exceeded the schedule
for the train by that many minutes.
The time of fat mail No. 8, which is
the fastest train on the system, was
beaten by u minutes between Creston
and Pacific Junction, a distance of 84
miles. The train left Creston more
than an hour late with Alonzo (Juinby
at the throttle. A stop was made at
Villisca and Red Oak. and a slow
down at Emerson for a work gang,
and ran to Pacific Junction in one
hour and " minutes, which is faster
than No. 8's time by 0 minutes, and
which represented a recovery of lost
time of lti minutes. From Pacific
Junction to the U. P. transfer the
engine and train recovered 13 more
minutes of time, making the entire
run in 119 minutes. This is said to be
the fastestjrecord for the west division,
and will lively remain the mark for
some time to come.
A HANDSOME PIECE OF WORK!
The New Private Car of Superintendent J.
R. Phelan, of the Northern Divis
ion of the Burlington.
ALMOST READY TO TURN OUT- FOR USE.
A Veritable Palace on Wheels Constructed
at the Burlington Local Shops.
One of the tinest special cars on the
entire Hurlington system will be run
out of the shops in this city within
the next few days. It was built for
J. II. Phelan, general superintendent
of the northern division, and designed
by Washington Smith, general car
foreman of the Burlington shops at
this place. TT is the number of the
car and will take the place of old
No. 1C.
The new structure is of the o foot
model, and every department lias the
appearance of none but skilled work
manship in every particular. The
outside lias ten coats of paint and
three of varnish giving it the rich and
ulossv hi'di standard Pullman color.
! lately adopted by the Purlington com-
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pany aim is rapiuiy oeing piesscu iniu
service on all their new built cars on
the system, and is free from the llash.v
gold trimmings, with the exception of
the name 'Hurlington" and the num
ber of the same.
Upon entering the car from the rear
you pass into the richly finished ob
servation room which is of mahogany
and cherry, and the upholstering and
carpet are of dark green, and at the
extreme other end of the car will be
found a similar room although not so
large.
The center is taken up with two
state rooms, one of which is fitted
with folding beds and to be used as
such when the superintendent's party
is sutliciently large to demand it. On
other occasions this department is
used as an office, being fitted with
desks, table for typewriter, and such
furniture needed by whatever assist
ants as Mr. Phelan may have in his
employ.
On either side of this room wil be
found the second state room and
kitchen. The former has a stationary
iron bed, chairs and other furniture.
The car is fitted with every possible
modern convenience, hot and cold
water, heated with the new Ilaker
heating system, asceyteline gas plant
and electric bells. In the front is a
large ice box holding sufficient eatables
to last the party several days.
Underneath will be found various
storage departments for ice, meats,
coal, wood, and such other articles as
would be needed on a long journey.
This car is certainly a beauty in
every particular, and Mr. Phelan is
expected here today to examine the
same and when it receives a few finish
ing touches it will be run direct to
Alliance to be used as we said before
on the northern division.
There are two other special cars in
the shops that are being rapidly pushed
to completion, both are of the :8 foot
model, and one is for Superintendent
Rogers of the Wymore division, and
the other for Superintendent Mcl-ar-lan.
of the Cheyenne division: the one
for Mr. Rogers being nearly completed
and the other just started.
Many other passenger and freight
cars are in the shops being rebuilt or
repaired, and all hands seem to be as
busv as bees.
Discrimination.
The News was prepared to extend
congratulations to the pretty little
village of Plattsmouth upon the fact
that Congressman Tollard had intro
dued a bill appropriating the sum of
$75,000 for the erection of a govern
ment postoftlce at that place, but we
were compelled to withhold our felici
tations because Representative Ilin
shaw has introduced a bill appropriat
ing $125,000 for the erection of a sim
ilar building at York. As these towns
are of the same size why this discrim
ination. Is the difference to be accredited to
Pollard's modesty or is the represent
ative of the First district afraid to
ask for all he wants? It will be re
membered that Burkett frequently
promised Plattsmouth a postoffice and
surely he will assist Pollard in secur
ing the money.
The people of Cass county have a
kick coming and they should file their
objections at once. Nebraska City
News.
The above is all right generally, but
we do seriously object to a paper in
the staid old town of Nebraska City,
with nothing but a mule car line to
recommend it for enterprise, calling
Plattsmouth a village.
A Fearful Fate.
It is a fearful fate to have to endure
the terrible torture of Piles. "I can
truthfully say," writes Harry Colson,
of Masonville, la., ''that for Blind,
Bleeding, Itching and Protruding
Piles, Bucklen's Arnica Salve, is the
best cure made." Also best for cuts,
burns and injuries. 25c at F. G.
Fricke & Co., druggist.
BURLINGTON CORN SPECIAL
Great Train With Big Men Will Start Out
Eighteenth of the Month.
The miaha li'-f says that Pn f. T.
L. Lyons, in charge ol the Agricul
tural department of the University of
Nebraska, who will have charge of the
Hurlington Seed Corn special, which
will start out December is to cover
all the stations on the Hurlington
route in Nebraska, has announced the
corps of lecturers who will accompany
the train. Tliistiain is run by the
Burlington in connection with the
University of Nebraska and is calcu
lated to instruct the farmers of the
state in the matter of selecting proper
seed corn and also how to prepare the
ground to get the best results. The
party will consist of Prof. T. P. Hunt
of Cornell university, New York: Mr.
U. P. 1 1 an ley of the United States
Agricultural department, Washing
ton, I). C; Prof. A. M.Ten L'yckof the
Agricultural Experimental station,
Manhattan, Kan., and Prof. A. L.
Ilaecker, Messrs. L'. G. Montgomery,
G. XV. Pugsley and Alvin Keysor of
the Agricultural department of the
University of Nebraska.
Remember the date of the arrival of
the special at this place Sat urday,
I ecember .'!-and every farmer should
make it a point to be here.
TO KEEP FEDERAL PRISONERS
At the State Penitentiary Instead of Sioux
Fall Order From Washington.
According to the Lincoln Journal
Warden A. D. Reemer received no
tice yesterday that the attorney gen
eral of the United States had issued
orders for all prisoners hereafter
sentenced by the federal court in Ne
braska to be kept at the Nebraska
penitentiary. This order is the result
of the efforts of United States Sena
tor K. J. Burkett, who brought the
matter before the attorney general at
Washington.
The penitentiary is not in possession
of statistics showing how many pris
oners are likely to be received during
the year, but the number will greatly
add to the income of the state and is
another step toward making the
prison self-sustaining. The govern
ment w ill pay the state 55 cents a day
for each federal prisoner. This does
not carry with it the right of the state
to hire federal prisoners to contrac
tors. Their labor, however, can be
used by the warden for the state.
Such prisoners will be employed by
the warden in the regular work of con
ducting the prison and the prisoners
now doing this labor can be hired to
contractors. There are now :!10 state
convicts in the penitentiary, but with
140 new modern cells which will con
tain more than one man if necessary,
and a large number of older cells al
most as commodious, there is plenty
of room for many federal prisoners.
Before the order was issued by the
attorney general at Washington lie
sent Examiner La Dow to inspect the
Nebraska penitentiary. Mr. La Dow
reported to his superior that in his
opinion it is suitable and available lor
United States prisoners.
The notice received by Warden
Beemer states that the United States
attorney has notilied the United
States marshal 1 to bring the matter
to the attention of the court. The or
der carries with it a reversal of former
orders requiring federal prisoners from
Nebraska to be incarcerated at Sioux
Palls. S. D.
Von Sam-: Three line properties on
South Lincoln Averuie. R. B. Wind-
Chronic Diseases a Specialty
TTiAT T?"VlO TTYW C V wtCT A TJ Coates Block, rooms 2-r and Officf: hour
rilllM M Mil M r. I ACTL Jffl 9 to ,o it rn. , t(, 5 . !inll 7 t() t.
j m. pointmt'rjt. Telephones, otllce :;47 ; residences
Vtoptthe coutfbaadheelrluniit at Perkins Hotel.
rU. MARSHALL.
IN THE GOOD OLD :Z:
IIRfinUrn Till fit All kinds of Dental work-. Plates made tht
lll II llall I II 'iVm et- 2 years experience. Prices reasonable.
m mmm TELEPHONE No. 3 OR47
You want to save your A , . .
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OFFICE Anheuser-Bush Block.
FOR THE
WINTER JOHN M- LEYDA-
ATTORNEY-A T-LMW
at 1bC alPYardT0Uib ABSTRACTER OF LAND IT LES.
Preparing abstracts of tltl?. conveyancing
aaaiHHBaHHB and examining titles to real estate a special
ty. Work properly done and rhurzes reason
r ii in Li rt j able. Office: Kooms e and 7. John Oun!
Full Weight Guaranteed co"t b
Best Threshing Coal j. m. Greene, M. D.
KinllS 0f Fee" Physician and Surgeon
Can be reached by 'phone night or day
I II P , Manley, Nebraska.
J. u. tgenberger -stt
Proprietor riattsmouth j attohney-at-la w.
Coal Yards Plattsmouth : : Nebraska.
Corner Third and Main Streets Probate, Commercial Law, Real
Bell Phone 25 Platts Phone 22 Llti2ation
iMBHMBaBnraBaMaaJ And Fort. closure of Mortgages u.-j;eclai
Don't allow money to lie around. It
is easier to spend it and caller
to lose ii.
SAUE MONEY
by keeping it in a safe place such a.-i
The BanH of Cass County
.1
Capital Stock 50,ooo, Surplus 15,000
orriCKiK :
Chas. C. I'arriiHe, I'rt-s.. .Iar(,l Trll sell, V-P.
T. M. I'aU. rsori. Cash.
You can give a check for any part of
it at any time and so have a receipt
for payment without asking for one.
When you have a bank account you
will be anxious to add toit rather than
spend from it. Don't you want to
know more about it.
Edison and Victo
PHONOGRAPHS
$10to$100
50,000 RECORDS
TO SELECT FROM.
Send for catalogue of Machines
and Records or send us your nam"
and we will have our Mr. George
Miller call on you.
We Prepay All Charges.
Nebraska Cycle Co.
GEO. E. MICKEL,
15th and Harney. OMAHA.
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Sick Headache, Torpid Liver. Jaun
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DeVitt's Little Early R sers are un
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They are so dainty that it is a pleasure
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m
take them. Or e Xo two act as
ild laxative; t-vo or four act as
pleasant and etfectlve cathartic. They
are purely vegetable and absolutely
harmless. They tor.ic the liver.
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