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moutb Soutn VOLUME XXVI PLATTSM ( ) U Tl I , XE1JKASKA, THUKSDAY, MAY 10, 11HK5. Platte JOTTINGS FOR THE JOLLY Short Paragraphs Prepared and Purloined For the Readers of the Journal. Autl now for the M'Hsonuf openwork tliluc. of niH-nwurk wulsu hui! lilrt. Of ep nwork seeks Hint H-nork lints And openwork tics nml skirls. Of openwork cars ami ImiiuniH-ks n ml rooms. Let everything witx more thin And open your pores: if you wunt vikhI lieultli You must wenr mi oenwork skin Stolen sweets are often hard to digest. The tlirt loves to captivate, but captivates not to hive. Frequently the baseball sere is Is' to o against the umpire. Jt doesn't takeeriminal lawyers long to become case-hardened. A lazy man always believes that a thinn of duty is a bore forever. Too many or our coining men never get any farther than the background. Every man knows some other man whose funeral he would like to attend. After marriage many a girl discovers that she trilled with the wrongman. Some women's idea of economy is to spend less money for food and more for clothes. Many farmers say they would like to celebrate the Fourth in Plattsmouth this year. When anything happens to a married man his wife always remembers that she told him so. Men who are always attempting to kill two birds with one stone never bag much game. When a woman wants to annoy her husband she Informs him that she is going to clean house. Ue very careful what you say to your enemies and be more careful what you write to your friends. When a damphool la unable to at tract attention in any manner he dons a gaudy suit of clothes. Never judge what a man has spent by the size of the load he Is carrying. It may have been a donation. What about that Fourth of July celebration? To celebrate or not to celebrate, that's the question. Not until the undertaker gets him will the busy man get the kind of rest he is always looking forward to. The first thing that a baby girl learns to ask for is candy, and the second is money to buy a new dress. A girl is apt to protest if a young man attempts to kiss her and a young widow is apt to protest if lie doesn't. Trace your bad luck back a few blocks and the chances are that you will discover it is due to your bad management. If a man would put only his own property in his wife's name it would't be so bad; but as a rule the most of it belongs to ether people. A man may fiirt with all the girls some of the time or some of the girls all of the time, but no man has a right to flirt with all the girls all the time. California can now advertise earth quakes as an attraction to homeseek ers. Whether it would prove a draw ing card is somewhat debatable. Cass county is good enough for us. An old maid of this city says that some men are wingless angels and some are hornless devils, and gives as a reason for not marrying that she was fearful of running onto a hornless devil. There are several young men in Plattsmouth who are fitting them selves for a few months sojourn In the inebriate asylum at Lincoln. The authorities have their eyes constantly upon them. The man who pouts when he cannot run the town his way Is not the most useful sort of citizen. The cheerful workers do what the majority deems best and are the fellows who can be depended upon. The people of IMattsmouth are about ready to favor most anything that will inauirarate boom, except the knockers and the mossback merchants who are afraid if a boom comes they will have to move toa town in propor tion to their business methods. It is awful nice to go to the post office to Inquire for your mail, and be compelled to wait until some of the town girls get through with their conversation with the girl at the general delivery. They should know that this Is an Imposition without the postmaster telling them so. The young lady who stood on the corner of Sixth and I'earl street, Sun day night, and waited fur the approach of the young man who gave a shrill whistle, should be ashamed of herself. She Is a nice girl, has respectable par ents, and should know that such acts are not considered nice. IS PLEASED WITH WYOMING University Man Returns From i Short Trip Through Western State. Leon J. l'epperberg, assistant In the department of geology at the univer sity, who has been on a short business tour of central Wyoming, returned last night. Mr. l'epperberg spent several days in the country which Is soon to be opened for settlement in that part of the state, and was much pleaded with it. Much of the land is splendid ly adapted for agriculture, Mr. Pepper burg says, while all of it is rich in mineral deposits. The town of Lander, in the center of the district, is nearly 1"0 miles from a railroad, but is a nour ishing city with electric lights, city water, and other modern Improve ments. Shoshonl.oneof the towns re cently built, w ill be on the new line of the Northwestern, and is already ex periencing a strenuous boom. Large eastern capitalists are Investing heavi ly in the property where it can be had, Mr. l'epperberg says. Saturday night Mr. l'epperberg rode for several hours on horseback through a snowstorm. Although the weather In Lincoln the past few days has been somewhat chilly, the change to Ne braska temperature was of some se verity. Notwithstanding the snow, Mr. l'epperberg was much pleased with his trip. Lincoln State Journal. She Was in Plattsmouth. A stylishly dressed young lady has been working a petty swindle upon the business men and others in various towns in the state by soliciting funds for an alleged orphan asylum in our neighboring town of Aurora. There Is no asylum of the kind in Aurora, and none is contemplated. As the young lady had an Ingenious way of erasing a twenty five or fifty cent subscription and raising it to a higher figure, know ing that others would gauge their donations by what had been given by those before them, she reaped a rich harvest. Solicitors for various char itable objects are numerous, and while as a rule they are worthy enough, it is a poor rule to give money Indiscrim inately to them. There should be some way to protect the public. How would it. do to require all solicitors to take out a license from the city, mak ing oath before the clerk that they were authorized agents of the organi zation they claimed to represent and establishing to his satisfaction their genuineness, before being allowed to canvass the town. Central City (Neb.) Record. Coates is Highly Elated. Several weeks ago the Journal agi tated the raising of funds to secure a new factory of the Brown Shoe Co. which they wished to build in a city that would donate $40,000 towards the erection of same, and they in their turn agreed to put in $7.",kk) worth of equipments and to employ 12"0 people. Now the town of Mexico, Mo., has secured the contract for this new factory, because they had wide awake citizens who generously loosened their purse strings for they knew that In a few years that this amount would be returned to them thrice fold. Mr. Coates is a large property holder there and is highly elated to think the factory is to be built there, for this fact will doubtless Increase the value of real estate in Mexico which has a population of about 5,000. Seventy-Sixth Birthday. Rev. Father Emanuel Hartig, pas tor of St. Benedict Catholic church and vicar general of the state, Mon day celebrated his Kith birthday an niversary and he had a good time. In stead of being entertained by friends he entertained the scholars of St. I'.enedict school and it was a Jolly affair. During the day many of his parishoners called on him to express congratulations and wish him many more years ot active life. Father Emanuel came to this city in 1 Stil and took charge of St. (Benedict church and with the exception of a few years he was at Atchison he has been In charge. He Is the oldest priest In continuous service In the state, and Is as bright, st rong and active as thirty years ago. Nebraska City News. Entertains Aid Society. At the home of Mrs. J. L. Thomp son the Ladles' Aid society of the M. E. church were pleasantly entertained Thursday afternoon. After the regu lar business the hours sped swiftly by at a social conversation until delect able refreshments were served. About thirty-five ladies participated In the enjoyable event, and expressed them selves deeply indebted to their hostess ijfor the enjoyable time. R fused Them the Court Room. For fear that Decoration Pay may not be just the sort of a day that the old soldiers would like to have for their services on that memorable day, the committee to arrange for their exer cises appeared before the county com missioners the other day and requested the use of the district court room for that purpose. The committee was completely surprsied when their re quest was turned down. The (J. A. R. post is not abundantly supplied with means and they desired the court room to save the expense of paying for the l'armele theatre, and the Journal regrets to know that the old soldiers have been so shamefully mistreated by the county's guardians. The court house belongs to the people -it is public property and the request of the committee .should not have been denied. There should lie no building too good in which to hold decoration exercises, and we are surprised that the commissioners so outrageously turned down those who were among the saviors of the country that they might continue to live under the Stars and Stripes. A New Fad. There is something new under the sun in the way of superstitions in Nor folk. If, while you are walking along the street, a small boy or a larger one should approach you and ask if you wear a ring, don't be at all surprised or amazed. lie Is not insane nor try ing to trick you. He Is merely living up to his new belief. If you have a ring he will ask to '"turn it," by which he means simply turning It once around on your finger. And the mo tive? "When I turn one hundred rings, then the first girl I meet with a red necktie 1 shall marry," he will ex plain if you ask the reason. One little fellow who accosted his friends early this morning, said that he had already turned thirty rings and that he had only been at it three days, at that. The "ring turning" process has now displaced the hundred white horses and the red headed girl Norfolk News. City Federation. Strength of union and oneness of purpose and co-operation Is the only power that can hope for success. In dividual effort can accomplish but lit tle, but a federated purpose has a wonderful force. Let l'lattsmoulh women do as other small towns are doing, and write all clubs, societies, church and secular, regardless of creeds and politics, under one head. Each club can be distinct but all together to make the whole. Each will be stimulated to newer activities. A broader charity and more tolerant spirit will be engendered, when all can meet on common ground and in terchange ideas that have as the cen tral thought the good and betterment of their own city. And when any juestlon of public interest comes up, the force of numbers Is an Important factor. Let the call for a meeting be announced and organize a "City Fed eration." One Jntkkestkd. Floater Found In the River. A special under date of Thursday, from Rulo, says: "A man about twenty-two or twenty-three years of age, was found floating down the Mis souri river. He was without shoes or hat and smoothly shaved. He was found about 4:30 this afternoon by the men working on the riprap, one and a half miles below here near the Bowker bend. His head is broken and his coat and vest were wadded around his head. It is supposed that be is the man who wrote and pinned a note to a log stat ing that if found notify Mrs. 0. W. Stewart of Dakota City, Neb. The county sheriff and coroner were notl fled and hastened to the scene. Fred Evans found the body. The body is in good state of preservation." Enjoyed By the Whole Family. In remitting for the Journal A. W. Magowan, who formerly had charge of the W. I). Jones livery barn and who removed back to his farm over in Iowa about three years ago. writes: "Your paper Is read by myself and family, so let It come on as it is highly apprecia ted by all of us. We are having a very promising spring here. Small train all In and most of It up, and people are preparing the ground for corn. Have turned my cattle out to grass, which Is very good." They all like the Journal, and this is simply one out of dozens of letters received from patrons all over the country. Grandma Urwln at Rest. On Thursday evening at about !:.") Mrs. Elizabeth Urwln passed away at the home of her son, Geo. W. I'rwin, aged tK) years. Funeral will occur from the I'rwin home Saturday at 1 p m., conducted by Rev. Everett. In terment at River View cemetery. Louisville courier. MAY NOT SURVIVE INJURIES Grant Cotner, Formerly of this City, Is Per haps Fatally Crushed By the Cars. In response to a message Mating that Grant Cottier's life Is despaired Of as the result of serious Injuries re ceived Thursday while at work in Bur lington yards at Omaha, his brothers, John and Lee, and their wives and his Sister, Mrs. A. I'. Chrlswiser, departed on the fast mail for Omaha. Mr. Cottier was formerly employed In the local B. & M. shops In lliiscity, but about three years ago removed to Omaha, where he secured a positlnnof car Inspector, ami It. was while in the discharge of these duties that he was run down ami crushed between two freight cars. . lie was conveyed to the Wise Mem orial Hospital, where it was ascertain ed that several ribs were broken, one of them protruding through his lungs and other internal injuries, the extent of which are not known, but the med ical authorities believe him to lie in a very critical condition. 'The unfortunate man Is a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. ,1. I!. Illgley of this city, and has many friends here in the local shops who will regret to hear of the terrible accident. Shower (or Mr. and Mrs. Dutton. The hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Win. McCauley was the scene of a merry gathering Thursday, in re sponse to invitations to a tin shower In honor of the newly married couple, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dutton, of South Omaha. After all had assembled In the cozy rooms, cards with hints to the answer were passed around and each one required to display their knowledge of llowers, fruits and plants In general. For some undelinable rea son the ladies proved more apt, at this, and although Rev. Salsbury acquitted himself nobly in correctly solving all except three, his wife outwitted lilin by defining what the property of an unmarried man Is, and Mrs. Salsbury was therefore presented a wreath for her guessing abilities. .'A very pleasant diversion Jn the form of delicious refreshments fol lowed the guessing contest, and In this the hostess was assisted by Mes dames Salsbury, Rawlsand Miss Searl. After all had indulged In this the assembled was invited to the dining Ing room where the late bride and groom were seated at the table laden with various parcels, while the ex pectant throng grouped themselves about the table and witnessed the re moval of wrappers from the parcels and listened to the reading of the at tached verses by the bride. A great amount of merriment was derived from the various presents and the accompanying remarks. The duty of naming each utensil devolved upon the groom. who became bewildered by so many different articles, and was compelled to solicit assistance. The party broke up at an early hour and with the best wishes of all. Mr. and Mrs. Dutton departed on the 10:18 train for Omaha. A Few Timely Sucfiestions. We are informed that a village Im provement society is to organized here In the near future, at leaU a "citizens meeting" has been called, asking all those who are interested In the mat ter to come and discuss the advisabili ty of such an organization. We are all agreed on one point, and that is there would be no difficulty in finding a field for their labors, should such an organ ization be effected. Why not have the weeds kept down? Why not have our cemetery kept In better condition? and our streets and alleys clean? Much has been done, and our city officials are anxious that more should be done more than they can do, and the one thing needful now, isto create a public opinion that will not only demand a better state of af fairs, but be willing to lend a hand to ward bettering them. See w hat such societies have done in other towns to ward Improving and beautifying their surrounding. Why should not we cit izens of I'lattsmouth be equally Inter ested? Buried In Soldier's Uniform. A special from Union under date of Saturday says: "The funeral of Wil liam Darrough, whose death occurred at 3 o'clock yesterday morning at the home of his son In this village, was held today. Mr. Darrough was born In Ohio, May 2i, ISJtt, and had been a resident of this county about thirty years. He was a veteran of the civil war and did honorable service In the I'nlon cause, his death resulting from ailments he contracted In the service. Ills request that he he burled in a sol dier's uniform, was complied with." Failed to Clean Em Out. The Journal Is informed that some parties went Into Spruce's saloon In Louisville Saturday night and started In to run affairs to suit their notion. Herein the old saying that the one who Is always hunting for trouble generally finds It, is fully demon strated. It seems a "free-for-all" was soon Inaugurated, and it Is imt neces sary to remark that the fellows who were so anxious to raise a row were considerably tamed down when the smoke of buttle cleared away, and that several eyes in deep mourning was the result. The above version of the vrimage was ieeeive.1 by the Journal and Is further explained by the fact that a complain; was sworn out in Justice Archer's com t against Charles Spencc on a charge of assault, and battery upon one I'.eiijamlii Fulton. Rodijeis in Limbo. .lack llodgers, the slick-tniigued scoundrel who left several of the Plattsmouth people to hold the sack for various sums, and who completely stole several hundred pairs of roller skates belonging to parties here, Is now In jail at Glcnwood, Iowa. The grand jury of Mills county recently in dicted him on the charge of "cheating by false pretenses." One day last week Kodgers went to Crest on ostensibly to visit his wife, where he was nabbed by an officer. He Is the man who is charged with swindling Thomas Smouse, of (ilen wood, out of a large sum of money, said to be In the neighborhood of $2, nun, on the sale of patent, right ter ritory for a Hat Iron. It Is asserted that he is badly wanted in (inaha for forgery, and also at Council Bin lis on several charges. After the Iowa authorities get through with Bodgers, Nebraska will entertain him lor awhile, and perhaps for a term of years. Another Earthquake Victim. Madison, Cai.., May l, I'.mmi. EWTui; JoritNAI,: Dear Sir-Through the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gapen of Murray, I have been an Interested reader of your paper for several months. 1 was living at Ml Mason street, San Francisco, but was driven out by the terrible earthquake and lire of April lKth. I was not Injured but, lost most of my clothing and tramped two days and nights to get away from that doomed city. I am a daughter of F. M. Young, sr., living near Murray. I enjoy the Journal very much, as It tells of so many friends at borne. Will you kind ly forward It to me at Madison, Cal., as this will be my future home. With best wishes, I am yours respectfully Mies. T. J. Winn:. Off for Germany. J. JI. Rogge, manager of the I'nion Lumber and drain company of Elm wood, accompanied by his son, Fred die, left Monday for New York City where they will sail May 10 on the steamship Amerikafor Mr. .Hogg's old home in Germany, which he left over thirty years ago. He expects to be gone about three months, visiting his aged mother, relatives and old friends. Henry Roelofsz and daughter, Mrs. Minnie Kroft, also of Ehnwood, will sail in the Amerlkaon the above date, for a visit of several months In Hol land. It has been forty years since M r. Roelofsz left t he old country. Two of his sisters are living there, whom they will visit. Double Bereavement. Chris Wolforth came Into the Jour nal office Saturday afternoon after the paper had gone to press, bearing in his hand a letter from Germany, which conveyed the sad Intelligence of the death of his oldest brother, Gottlieb, who passed away several weeksagu. It has been but a few weeks since he re ceived word of ills sister's death in New York City. There are but two children of the family now living, be sides Mr. Wolforth, one sister In the old country and one brother In New York City. The Journal, as well as his many friends, sympathize with Mr. Wolforth In his double bereave ment. Teachers at Elmwood. At a meeting of the board of cduca clon held last week, teachers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: l'rlnclpal, W. T. Davis, of I'eru: assls tant principal, M. Nettle Turner, I'n lon: Intermediate, Miss Blanche Bell, Ashland: first primary, Miss Catherine Willis Clarks: second primary, Miss I'earl Bryan, Ashland. The members of the board are confident they have secured a very strong and competent corps (if teachers. THE VISITORS GET BUSY Home Team Defeated in a Very Hotly Contested Game by Score of II to 10. A very Interesting athletic program was held at the ball park from to V:to last Saturday afternoon, but, the excitement of the large crowd n at tendance converged about the princi ple feature of the afternoon the ball game between the I'lat tsinoui h and the Ashland high school teams. In the hotly contested struggle for vic tory the local team trailed their col ors behind t hose of the visitors to the tune of 1 1 to hi. Inning the first four innings licit her one or the teams was able to liml the living sphere very often, and when t hey did hy chance, It was only to lie hcatcu by t lie last, playing of the fielders. In the last half of the filth the locals hrol,e ice, running two scores before the third out was made. The .successful work of the I'lattsmouth team aroused Ash land to terrible activity, and ere the close oft he sixth had eight scores I o her credit, on account of errors by I'lattsniouth's Inlielders. Vainly the home team attempted to retrieve their prestige, but, only succeeded In getting two men over the plate at the close of the sixth. Taking a linn brace the visitors were held down, only tallying three scores during the remainder of the game, while the home boys brought in six more, two of which they scored during the last hair of the ninth inning. The only double play of the game was made by I'lattsmouth a single was knocked toFrlcke on short who threw It, to Ileal, putting a runner out, and by Ileal to Morgan, putting the batterout. Travis and Morgan for the home team and Huffman for the visitors were the only successful ones who slugged the missive for two-base hits. Till--. A I'll I.K'I'li ' I'N'IT.NT. The other feat ores of the afternoon was a primary athletic contest in which the Ashland boys were Invited to participate. The event and win ners were: 100 and yard dash, Barnes first, Adams second. In the shot put, Miner, by a throw of .'11 feet carried off first honors, while Dawson won second by a throw of :io feet and K Inches. Gospel on Wheels. We have heard of gospel being ex pounded on the street corners and hi circus tents, but have never heard of It being preached on wheels until we noticed the following account of a car that arrived in Springfield, Neb., last, week. It is rather a new and novel manner of holding church services, but It seems to take with the people. In speaking of this car the Springfield Monitor says: "A chapel railway car is something new and novel to Springfield as a means of spreading tlie gospel, In fact It is out of the ordinary as there are only six such cars in the world. Tim car, "Glad Tidings," which Is In charge of Rev. George L. White, evan gelist, and Eugene Spear, singer, was sidetracked here Tuesday evening and meetings are to be held at 4:10 in the afternoon and at H o'clock evenings, which so far have been well attended. The car seats PJO people and Is sent out by the American Bapt 1st Publish ing society. It Is complete in every detail and cost about JlO.noo. The chapel proper contains a pulpit, organ and free library with bibles for distri bution, and another room has a folding desk, a typewriter, table, couch and two beds. A kitchen furnished with a range, Ice chest and a closet for dishes, one for provisions and clothing and a toilet room completes the equip ment for traveling and living could not be wished for. There Is no doubt that Messrs. White and Spear are do ing a great and good work, and they extend an invitation to all to attend these meetings. They will hold ser vices in the car at 11 o'clock Sunday and at the Baptist church at '. o'clock Sunday evening." The next stand this car makes will bo Louisville, which no doubt willarouso the sleepy denzens of our prosperous little neighbor. It Is said that Leo Maylield, editor of the Courier, is already arranging to attend every night. Fruit Prospects. The weather Saturday and Sunday was chilly, frost both nights. Tuo f rult trees arc In bloom and the extent of the injury done Is not yet fully known. Peaches and plums seem to be further along than most of the oth er fruit, and may not be as badly in jured as apples. The fruit growers do not seem to agree as to the extent of damages some claiming great dam ages, while others seem to think they are very light. . . . . , .... .'