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plattsmoutb Journal. VOLUME XXVI PLA TTSMOUTII, XEHKASKA, TliriJSDAY, MAY :i, 11H1G. m:mi;i-:i; is. JOTTINGS FOR THE JOlLYlFROM THE STRICKEN CITY Short Paragraphs Prepared and Purloined For the Readers ot the Journal. Some port asks the iurstWni A ml ii n miswrr mtins low Ish. If ti-liim: miikfi iin-11 liars. Or if uuly liars tisli. 1 lutvf it : tlu'V'rc mil lliirs No ilnulil Hit y'll lie ri-iicv.'il -Fit ii story's nut u fulsiliooil If l.y It no one's drcilvnl. ' The more a man rests the in ire lie rusts. Better a homely wife than one who isn't home much. Too many men's charity is limltel t o the giving of advice. The early gardnercatc'aes tliecream of the green gools trade. Happiness only comes to th"s-.- who try to make others happy. Every man knows some other man whom lie would like to kick. If you would strike a man favorably don't aim at his pocket h'iok. It is asserted that the electric chair is a sure antidote for old ae . But the prettier a girl is the less sense other girls says she has. Many a man's credit Is good only be cause It is in his wife's name. During courtship an ounce of flattery is equal to a pound of caramels. His satanic majesty doesn't waste much of his time on a busy man. He who would enter politics should first learn the art of sidestepping. Mules have one admirable trait they refuse to respond to llattery. Eliminate political ignorance and there would be no political bosses. Any man who is completely wrapped up in himself is a bundle of conceit It is only the genuine reformer who says but little and saws a lot of wood. Nature is said to be generous, but she never forgets to avenge her wrongs. What would the result he if we all followed the advice we give to others? Inventors of excuses seldom require the assistance of a patent attorney. A gold piece in your pocket is better than a five-pound gold brick in your hand. There would be more wisdom In many a head if it didn't leak at the mouth. There are numerous sure-thing confi dence games, but matrimony is the surest. Some women would rather he un happily married than happily un married. Ten to one you never saw a pessi mist who wasn't troubled with in digestion. There is usually but one end to a woman's line of talk-and that is the beginning. A womanly woman never lias occasion to complain of the scarcity of manly men. A man's actions after marriage are nothing like the samples submitted during courtship. Experience may be a great teacher but a man's experience with a woman doesn't teach him sense. When a barber lias occasion to Hatter a baldheaded man he asks him if he doesn't want a haircut. Fourth of July is but two months off. Let us be up and doing for a big celebration in riattsmoutb. A great many farmers were in town Saturday, and, as usual, the advertis ing merchants caught the bulk of the trade. Of course a man is justified In think ing that his wife Isn't very bright considering the kind of man she married. A manicure artist who could polish men's brains, would find several jobs In this town In the persons of those full-Hedged knockers. There Is one married woman in Ohio who never goes through her hus' band's pockets. He lias his clothes made without pockets. If a man is unable to account for his failure he can always depend upon his disinterested neighbors to enlighten him as to the cause thereof.- "Once upon a time" is a familiar be ginning for fairy stories, and after a man has been once upon a "lime" he begins to tell them to his wife. I'lattsmouth has one merchant who thinks he Is a drawing card by standing on the outside and trying to look pretty. This Is about all the adver tising he does. How about that Fourth of July cele bration? Other towns have already began preparations. Eemember "the early bird catches the worm." An early beginning for a celebration will draw the crowd. Mrs. Monger, a Former Resident of Cass County, Writes an Interesting Let ter to Mr. and Mrs. Rawls. HOW ONE FEELS IN AN EARTHQUAKE The Destruction of the Stanford Uni versity Briefly Described. The following letter addressed to Mr. and Mrs. ('. A. Bawls, is from Mrs. Monger, who formerly resided in the vicinity of Alvo. this county, and will not only he read w ith great Inter est by her near friends hut also by every reader of the Journal: l'Ai.o Ai.'in, C.u... April 2, "(Hi. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bawls: This is to say we are safe and sound. Our beautiful university is in ruins and the loss of life and property appalling. Of course you have had newspaper re ports but this is how It happened with us: We were not yet out of our beds. At the first noise I knew what it was; we were in one four years ago, and sat up and took Benson in my arms. I didn't think of It being serious and waited, only half frightened, for it to stop. It got worse and worse, the noise was frightful. We pitched from side to side in our bed and at last the corner of the house seemed rising right up and coming toward us, then 1 ran with the child in my arms for the door, pitching first one way and then anoiner. mc door would not come open because of the shaking of the house. The bookcases had fallen across Beth's door and with the greatest dif liculty she reached me. So I got the the door open at last, and we ran into the yard. I stood there w ith Benson locked so tight in my arms t hat he could hardly breath, while the earth swayed and shook and ground under our feet. We didn't actually fall down, fathers said our great oaks cracked like whips, but J didn't see anything, I only heard and felt. When it was over we went back in the house, more friglitenec' than while it was going on. Everything was on the iloor, hooks, pictures, bookcases, vases everything. The chimney was gone and there was a hole in the roof lower down. One stove was upside down, one moved out from the wall. The piano was rolled into the middle of the room. Beth dressed and went down town. She came Hying back to say that the town was in ruins and loads of Eucina boys taken to the hos pital. Arthur rooms at Eucina Hall. 1 took the wheel and ran to the hos pital: no one knew who was hurt and I ran from bed to bed looking for Arthur. Imagine It! Some were ter ribly hurt. He was not there and I started to Eucina Hal!, a mile and half away. The fright got Into my knees and I worked and pushed and labored but the wheel wouldn't hurry. By that time I was talking out aloud, crying and working with that horrible feeling of nightmare that hurry you must but something holds you back. I met a man I knew and asked him to take me into his carriage and drive me to Eucina, which he did. I could not find Arthur but at last learned that he was down in the basement helping dig out the poor fellows under the wreckage. Four Moors went down at the front of the building. He and five others came up at last carrying the dead body of Ilanna, his friend. Later we bugged and kissed and cried together like cra.y people. The devastation and loss is some thing awful. We had light shocks all day and all night. Each time we tore out of the house wildly. We kept close together and even slept out of doors with our cots side by side, which we do yet. I feel as if I could never sleep with the door shut again. Wires were down and the reign of horror was terrible. We could see the tire at San Francisco, thirty-five mlle9 away. Arthur is t here now with the hospital corps. I don't know where lie Is or when he will come home. Thousands are in the parks maimed and bleeding, and he said he felt that that was where he could do the most good. I'd have gone but for the small boy who needs mc since both he and Beth are frightened. Eight een babies were born In ('.olden r.ate Park yesterday. Hundreds of gallons of milk and smip were sent from here yesterday and the day before. All the detached buildings of the university are abso lute ruins except a little of the mus eum. The quadrangle Is down In places but some of it good. The Me morial church, the finest in the Cnlted States and one of the finest in the world, Is wrecked from top to bottom. Mrs. Stanford's residence, near the campus is wrecked and the one In the city burned. Much needed groceries and supplies were soaked by rain this morning In the shattered grocery stores. We per sonally have enough food stuff on hand to Insure against positive famine, but It Is a time when all eat savingly so as to divide with the hungry holds a font between San Francisco and San Jose. The latter was as badly wrecked as San Francisco but was able to keep down the lire that broke out immedi ately. This is the fullest letter 1 have writ ten to anyone hut Mr. Munger. It Is tiling one can't repeat for paper. like other things, is scarce. May 1 ask you to hand It around among our 'many friends. It will take years to rebuild the whole of the buildings destroyed on the campus. The library, for instance, had been two years building and was not nearly done. The new gymnasium had been three years building and was not quite finished. Either one far outstripped the Omaha postotllce, so you can see the sort of buildings tl icy had here. The museum was the largest private museum In the world. The Stanford principal has never been broken in upon. Only the interest Is used, so the university is on a sound basis and will come out In time. It had the largest single endowment in the world. The students, many of them, cried like babies at the destruc tion of the buildings. This ends my paper. Thankful to be alive and with love to you all. I am yours sincerely, Di:i.i. II. MiM.ici:. Funeral of Chas. Black. A large number of friends gathered at the late home Friday afternoon at four o'clock to observe the last sad ceremonies and honors that were held in memory of the departed friend, brother, and father who has gone to join the wife, who so recently passed from our midst, and the son and daughter who were called to His pro tectlng arms several years ago. Very impressive services were conducted by Bev. J. H. Salsbury, and the choir rendered sweet and appropriate music. Many beautiful floral offerings cvidenc ed that high esteem In which the de ceased was held by his friends through out the county. The remains accompanied by a large funeral cortage were conveyed to Oak Hill cemetery and there interred be side the wife. Now slili- liy sMe lin y urr slt'oplm; In tlm cnivi:'sil:irl; ilrearnlrss linl. Wlillc tli.- willow IkhijiIis sitmi wrrplni; As lin y liriul aliovi' tin' ilnul. Has Thrilling Experience. While riding on horseback Saturday evening Nelson Jean had a very nar row escape from servious Injury, and as it was he sustained severe bruises and was rendered unconscious for sev eral hours. He had started out on a horse to get the cattle about ii o'clock that evening, and his mount became frightened and began to run rapidly. The steed finally taking a tirm hold of the bit dashed directly toward a large tree in the pasture, suddenly swerved In the opposite direction when very close to it, and Nelson, who had in clined his weight on that side, received a stunning blow on his left side, and was knocked from the horse's back by the force of the collision with the tree. Ills folks discovered him in an uncon scious condition and conveying him to the house and medical aid was hastily summoned. The anxious parents and physician worked over the unconscious patient until eleven o'clock that night, when lie wa9 revived. A further ex amination of his side revealed severe contusions and one rib is thought to be split. A report from the patient today contains the welcome news that he Is recovering nicely from his thrill ing experience. Plattsmouth Wanted Him. 1'rof. A. J. Ludden, principal of the Auburn high school, was this week elected as principal of the I'lattsmouth high school, at a salary of $100 per month. Mr. Ludden had made no ap plication, having already signed con tracts with the Auburn school board to remain here, but such an honor, coming unsought and unexpectedly, even If It cannot be accepted, speaks well for the man who guides the des tinies of the young men and women In the Auburn high school and will be appreciated by our people. Auburn Herald. B. I'. B. eggs for hatching "iV per setting: 4.00 per hn. Minmi: Tkihip, B. F. D. No. 11, Nchawka, Neb. DEATH OF VETERAN SOLDIER I. N. Gccher.ojr Follows His Loyal Com mander, General Thayer, to the Happy Hunting Grounds. In response to the last sad roll call Isaac N. Gochcnour, one of the few re maining members of the Old First Nebraska, passed away Friday night at ten o'clock at Burwell, Neb., to join the ranks of his departed comrades who are now numbered among the host mi!' the happy hunting ground. und r their brave and noble ouii maiiMi r, John M. Thayer. No more will she bugle's reveille arouse him to the scenes of st rife and action, for taps have blown, calling linn to the sleep that knows no awakening'. In Page county, Virginia, the de ceased was born in ah ml the war lhf. and lived thereuntil K",s when ho immigrated to the western country loca' ii, g near Syracuse, Mo., partici pating in the many dissensions that prec 'ili d the outbreak of the civil war. Win n the hostilities were commenced ho was among t lie first to respond to the call for volunteers enlisting in the First Nebraska on the 7lh day of September, 1 1 . While In the service ho was engaged in the great battles of Fort Donelson and Slilloh, the latter W.ter known to old soldiers as Pitts burg Landing, and toward the latter part of the war the regiment was sta tioned at Blum Creek, Nebraska, to protect the settlers from the depreda tions of the Indians, who had taken advantage of the withdrawal of the troops from the frontier. After nearly live years of act ive service he received his honorable discharge, when the regiment was mustered out at hnaha. Having become very much attached to the state with which lie had fought during the rebellion, he located in Cass county near Bock Bluffs, and in a short time won the heart of Sarah Bussel, with whom he was united in marriage. About a year ago he de cided to take a homestead, under the new law, that had gone Into effect at that time, and therefore went to Bur well, Neb., near which place lie located upon a section of land. On Wednes day, April 21, he proved up on his claim, and while waiting for the pat ent to be sent to him from Washing ton, he was taken with a severe pain in his back and began to grow worse rapidly. His wife and son Harry were hastily summoned from this city and departed for Burwell on the late train Tuesday night. After their arrival there they found I hat he would be un able to live throughout the week, and the other sons were sent word to come. They arrived there last night at half past six, in time to say the last sad good bye to their father, who died about ten o'clock last Might. A wife and live sons namely:Sainuel, Walter, John, Harry and Claude, are left to mourn the loss of their father. The remains will arrive here this evening on No. 2 and will be conveyed to the home of tht! son, Samuel Guch cnour, in this city. No arrangements have yet been made as to the funeral. The Wreck at Chalco. The Lincoln Journal gives the fol lowing particulars of the wreck near Chalco Friday morning: "Burling- tun train No. !2 ran into a burning bridge one and a half miles east of Chalco Friday morning and was wrecked. The train was derailed and Engineer Delaney and Fireman Baker were slightly burned, but their wounds were reported to be not serious. One passenger was said to complain of a shock, but he was able to move about and assist in the work at the wreck. "The bridge was an overhead struc ture used to carry the wagon road over the railroad. It caught tire, was burn ing, and had fallen on the track when the train struck it. It was near a curve and Engineer Delaney could not see It until he was very near it so near that he could not stop. When the train struck the burning wreckage of the bridge It left the track. The passengers had little ditliculty in get ting out, but It was impossible to save the equipment. One coach, one com binatlon car and one end of the bag gage car were burned. "It was some time before definite In formation could be secured from there As soon as the w reck was reported Su perlntendent Bignell with the wrecker went to the scene of the trouble and the wreckage was soon cleared away, A train was sent to Chalco from Oma ha to carry the passengers on. "No. !ij Is the morning train leaving Lincoln In the forenoon, Is due toar rive at Chalco at 11 : a. m. It was afternoon when an Intimation of the wreck arrived in Lincoln and It was considerably after three o'clock when a full report of the story was recovered." Levi Churchill Laid to Rett The funeral services over Mr. Levi Churchill was held at the Christian church in I'lattsmouth. Sunday at 1!:00 o'clock p. m., Bev. Yout.y of this city and Bev. Bush of Lincoln, otfuiat Ing. There was a large assemblage of people, old friends, neighbors and ac quaintances, tilling the church to its fullest capacity. Bev. Youty preached a very force ful and Impressive funeral sermon from the query, "What is your life'' This ipierv has confronted mankind in every count ry and in every age, and faces him In every wall; of life. The divines, philosophers, authors, puis and laymen In all count rie, and t hues have attempted ao answer. No au swer yet giwu has convinced the un derstanding or satis!':.,! tl,'1 heart. What is life, the ol.jecl of eistence, its supreme purpose.'' For answers tn l liese i ; test Ions we must lo i; to re vela t lou and t he hope in a blessed future state o!' being. Finn: personal acquaintance and fre quent association with the deceased, t he minister t hen drew a beaut i fill pic ture of the life of a good man, ami the life of this good man had answered tht! query or the scriptures, so far as concerned the deceased. In the state of hio, Levi Churchill was burn on the 22th of April, Kl.l. During early childhood bis parents be came laselnated with the reports of the western country and accordingly moved to M issourl, where the son was reared to manhood. Arriving at the age of twenty-two he made his llrst visit, to Nebraska, where lie won the hand of Behecca Clemmons, with whom he was united In marriage In sVi -being thethird couple lobe mar ried InCasscounty. The youngenuple made their home In Missouri until the year lvi'.o, when they returned to Ne braska, local lug in this county, mar Bock I II u lis, where they resided until they moved to tiiis city, annul seven years ago. Mr. Churchill has always heen a kind friend and amiable neigh bor, and has won the love and respect of all by bis upright life. By death his wife was separated from him, on the l.Mhof March, P.i.L'.andshe was laid away to rest on the forty-seventh an niversary of their marriage. Mr, Churchill has been In declining health for about two years, but was not con fined to his bed until just two weeks before his death, which by a strange coincidence occurred upon' his seventy third birthday. Four sons and four daughters survive to mourn the loss of their dear father. Boy Hurt by Hoisc. A special from Weeping Water un der date of April 27th, says: "Jess Domingo aged twenty tin. ion of John Domingo, living two and a half miles northeast of tiiis city, met with a very serious accident, yesterday, lie was disking on a farm, too far away to come home to dinner and took hisdin- ner and horse feed with him. 1 1 is not certainly known how thcaccident hap pened, but as near as can be judged from the marks left on the ground by the horses, he undertook to lead the horses to a little creek but as it was muddy the horses refused to go into it, and In someway, got him down. The horses went home about 7 o'clock p. rn. Then was commenced a. search for the boy, who was found about ! o'clock ly ing near the creek with a hitchstrap wrapped around his hand and the bridle attached to it. The young man was unconscious and still remains so, ind Is paralyzed from the chest down, The only bruises seem to be on the right hip, about as big as a horse's foot, and the nose and upper lip art- cut and bruised." Wedded at High Noon. In the county Judge's office Saturday morning a marriage license was Issued to Harry L. Messersmlth, age 21, and Miss Mary Tomasenski, age 1", both of this city. The ceremony of uniting the two hearts Into one was performed by Judge Travis, who pronounced bis blessing upon the happy blushing bride, and the handsome groom. The vouneman is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Messcrsmith and has host of friends In this community, and at the shops where he is employed in the car repairing department. The bride Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tomasenski and Is loved and honored by all who know her. A Welcome Vititor. A little lady made her appearance at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Guy McMa ken about 2::'.0 Friday afternoon and will ask a home with them for the future. While tiic little one weighs only seven pounds, with the care she w ill receive, the Journal hopesshewill make as good looking woman as her mother. Father and mother arc loth overjoyed at her arrival and Grandpa MeMaken'siov. it is said, knew no bounds. BUNKS HOLDING THE SACKS A "Snide" Commission Firm Takes in the Union Bank lor Several Hundred Dollars. A special from Nebraska City .says about two weeks ago I wo men came to that city, giving their names as J. W. Williams and Hubert Evans, and es tablished the Williams Commission Company. They deposited money with oueof the local hanks, and seemed per mission to use theimaincas reference. Thev went about the country purchas ing produce and shipping it. They se cured endorsc'iieut o a l, auk at I ii on and drew dul ls on hoi h hanks for 1 he pi "luce purchased. Thlirs went along nicely until Wednovliy when t hey 1 1 ied to get 1 1 a-,h on a iliall and hill of lading for goods slopped to the Omaha Cold Moraoo company, and, being refused, packed up their belongings during t he nit; hi and went, to i iinah.i, where they secured the cash and left. Since then drafts have been coming In from various puts of the count ry where t hey have been pur chasing eggs and chickens. The bank at I uioii Is said to be short , on account, of these men, several hundred dollars, and Mr. W. F, Tracy, owner of the hank, went toOmaha to t ry anil locate, the men, but, failed, other banks In Nebraska City received checks and drafts signed by the linn, which they refused to honor and the total amount, I lie men are supposed to have secured for their t wo weeks work Is something over six hundred dollars. They rented small quarters and did all of their business with rubh"r stamped station ery. They hail a negro wit h them ami he claimed I hey had been working In and about iinaha all I ad, winter. Tho B. St M. for Fnl Time. hlicial ligurcs have not, Ik en ie celveil with which to locate I he taster bursts of speed, but t he figures are ai hand I o show that the Lincoln divis ion did itself proud in a recent run from Lincoln to Denver. The Bur lington has long I n noted for Its fast time between Chicago and Denver, but, on this particular occasion the i ild lleliahle actually outdone ail former records. This particular run was1 made one week ago last Sattuu'ay and a I'lattsmouth hoy in I he person of Ed Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Johnson, controlled the throttle of cue hie No. I .'i . which carried this train west from Lincoln toMcCook. In speaking of the fast, run the Lincoln Journal l Sunday, 22nd, says: "In a race against time between Chieajgo and Denver the Burhugtnu yesterday carried seven cats of provis ions wes.twa.rd to San Francisco si.lTer ers In three and one-hall hours bet t er time than the westbound limited makes. The lirsl. section of No. 1 was, ma le up of provisions for the west seven heavily loaded cars iieiug iiitctiei b'-hind the fastest, engine in the ser vice of the company. The Irani left Chicago later than the regular t rain and was hurried across Illinois and ovva, reaching theLincom division ai l'acllic Junction early yesterday morn ing, At ii:.'i!i a. m. the train was pull ing out of Lincoln ami three hours and twenty-six minutes after leaving l'acllic Junction it was at Hastings ISii miles away. The run from l'acllic Junction to Hastings was accom plished at the rate of l'i.2." miles an hour Including four minutes delay for change of engines and crews at Lin coln. Engineer Johnson, with engine 2.11'j, took the train out of Lincoln with Conductor Kenyon In charge. A rapid run was made west to McCook, where the crack runners of the Mc Cook division took a turn at the wheels that sent the train into Denver atr:i"i mountain time, or (i:2."i p.m. Lincoln time, making the run from Lincoln to Denver In eleven hours and forty-six minutes, or one hour and thirty-seven minutes faster than the regular schedule of No. 1." Is Building New Residence. John Gaucr, living one mile south west of Cedar Creek, was in the city Saturday.and gave the Journal a call to renew his subscription. Mr. Gaucr Is one or the ninny tanners or iass county, and Is now engaged In erect ing a thirty-four foot square, two story residence, and when completed will bo one of the most comfortable homes In that neighborhood. He Would Fill tlie Bill. The Herald would again remind the democrats that If they arc looking for good material fora governor, congress man or any Important public position requiring ability and Integrity, they might do well to Interview Judge Travis of I'lattsmouth. Don't know that he would have anything within the province of the democrats to give but lie's the man who could do the job to a nicety. -Line iln Herald.