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If tb journal. mou PLATTSMOUT1I, NEUKASKA, THURSDAY, . I ITNi: 1 1, VMM. VOLUME XXVI MLM.'.KIt - I. JOTTINGS FOR THE JOLLY Short Paragraphs Prepared and Purloined For the Readers ot the Journal. F.verylHxly roowliut duller, I'iiiI ilnift rmv wlio ln - llfst (if III!' folks II IV lit,' IIIH'I. - I 'nil's III till' lixlfi" "IIusIik iis." chohcs: (iriindnin's nrnrly ninety. Kill she Is u t'liy nlil fun -Km'I'.vIhkIv iihiIs al our Iiuiini' Hut our olil in it 1 1. Must of a man's hero worship is wasted on himself. Misers pet more out of the world than they put In it. Thieves are bound to their profes sion by hooks of .steal. A prayer that is long-dr.iwn-out Is apt to be rather narrow. A hero Is all right as long as he lasts, but he seldom lasts lung. A good many young men will hunt,' this summer on front nates. A woman begins to show her age only when she tries to hide It. After all there are more prizes than blanks in the matrimonial lottery. People who promise you bit? things usually spoil It by inserting a big "If." Even the boastful man has butlittle to say about his gold brick invest ments. Instead of marrying for money alone a man ought to brace up and rob a bank. The majority of women do not seem to realize that pretty women are In the minority. Cjuite often the man who is swift and a good guesser distances the slow but sure chap. Few men believe in everlasting lire and brimstone punishment except for their neighbors. Some men would be happy if they possessed the ability to do others as others do them. Experience is one of the few things that never find their way to the bar gain counter. A man has reached the limit of self Importance when he Is satisfied with his own society. Some girls llirt with handkerchiefs and some with fans, but the majority prefer to llirt with men. Too many men make strenuous efforts to get a liberal share of some thing that doesn't belong to them. That workman who takes a real Interest in his work doesn't have to spend much time looking for a job. When you encounter a man who tells you that the world is growing worse give him the sorrowful look and pass on. When a woman goesawayforashort visit she Invariably borrows something from one of her neighbors to take with her. Although the law holds a man Inno cent until he has been proven guilty, one's wife is apt to hold him guilty until he has proved his Innocence. Three hundred people at a ball game and only 7 taken in at the gate. Wouldn't that cork you? We would like to see the list of "slippers-ln." How do you expect a good ball team to thrive In l'lattsmouth when grown men go to the ball game and refuse to pay a cent to witness same? Shame! Those fellows who sat upon the street corners and kicked about the street fair coming here, In the past were the first fellows on hand to see the free attractions. A man who delights In witnessing a good ball game and Is not willing to pay for the privilege, should be refused entrance to the grounds. At the next game we are going to secure a list of these deadheads for publication. We overheard two shop men talking the other day about this town not furnishing amusements. One re marked to the other, "We don't owe l'lattsmouth merchants anything. We are working for the 15. & M. and If the people here are too penurious to furn ish summer entertainments, we will spend our money In the town that will" And they will be as good as their word Those fellows who have no more sense than to throw banana peeling upon the sidewalk, should have a little beat Into them by the payment of a heavy tine. Some scamps make a practice' of doing this. Wc noticed an old man slip and came very near fall ing the other day bysllpplngon a peel ing. Only three weeks till the glorious Fourth, and while wc win nave no celebration In l'lattsmouth, the Jour nal desires to extend Its toast now to thi. irranrl old liberty bird: "Here's to the American Eagle, the proud bird all America halls: she's a bird you can not tnvelgcl, neither can you put salt on her tall." B. S M. Relief Department Win. The supreme court has reversed and remanded the suit of Elizabeth A. Healy against the C B. & y. Railroad company, error irom miugias county. Mrs. Ilealy sued upon a certificate of membership Issued to Cornelius II. Ilealy In the Insurance organization known as Burlington relief depart ment. This matter is reversed be- cause .Mrs. lleaiy naa rormeriy sueu the company to recover damages un der the statutes for causing the death of her husband. The court says that a suit by an administrator of a de ceased employe of the U. B. ij. Kail road company who was a member of that company to recover damages un der the statutes for wrongfully caus ing the death of said employe is a bar to subsequent action upon the mem bership certificate in said department when the administrator is the same person named as lietietiolary In the contract. Mrs. llealy's suit under the statutes to recover damages was dis missed by her prior to the beginning of the new suit against the relief de partment. WANTS BONDS REMOVED Sylvia F. Wrenn Seeks Divorce From Ed gar L. Wrenn, on Ground of Cruelty, Etc, A suit has been tiled in the district clerk's office entitled Sylvia F. Wrenn vs. Edgar L. Wrenn, wherein the plaintiff seeks for an order restraining defendant from occupying, entering or in any manner Interfering with plaintiff In the management and op eration of the l'lattsmouth Steam laundry. Also restraining the defend ant from entering the home and resi dence or destroying or damaging prop erty of the plaintiff. The petition states that they were married on the :toth of May, is(.)8, at Council Bluffs, and that during all of her married life defendant has abused and Indirectly accused plaintiff of In fidelity, and therefore the plaintiff prays that the bonds of matrimony now existing between plaintiff and de fendant may be dissolved, and held for naught, and that she may be granted a divorce from the defendant. The restraining order sought for by the plaintiff was issued today by Judge Travis, the district judge, Jesscn, be ing absent from his territory. Will Be Married. Invitations have been received in the city for the marriage of our popu lar young county judge, Ora Earl Farnham. to Miss Feme Vlllette llagerof Lincoln, Neb. The wedding will take place on Tuesday, J une l!, at J o'clock d. m.. at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wright Hager, 4:ir North Thirteenth street. Lincoln. Immediately after the ceremony will come the wedding trip to Edgerton, Ohio, where Mr. Farnham's parents and other relatives reside. After August 1st they will be at home to their friends In Belle Fourche In the cosy cottage which the groom-to-be has recently purchased of C. T. Doody, on Ash street. Mr. Farnham will leave the latter part of next week for Lincoln, accora panled by Miss Laura De Fellows, who Is to be one of the two attendant bridesmaids. Slncerest congratulations are being showered upon Mr. Farnham In ad vance of the nuptials. The bride-elect Is quite well known here, she having visited Miss Fellows upon two former occasions, and all the Judge's many friends will be clad to welcome her again when she comes to reside here permanently. Belle Fourche (S. ft, Northwest l'ost. A Hog Causes Trouble, A special from Weeping Water says "A very unusual thing for this part of the country happened near here Irl day evening. A family living a mile or two out of town are, or were, the owners of a hog and on Friday evening a man came to buy It. The wife claimed half the hog and told the buyer she would 'hold him for half the price. Then a dispute arose between the husband and wife as to the owner ship. The husband, not being able to keep up tils end of the dispute with his tongue, resorted to lists and struck the wife two or three blows. She came to town and made complaint be fore Justice Barnes and had the hus band arrested. Yesterday he was ar rested, pleaded guilty and was fined tlO and costs, amounting to over 17 which he paid." Wanted C.lrls to run sewing machines making cotton flannel gloves and mittens. Apply In person or by mail to Nebraska Cotton Glove Co lM'.t Jackson St., Omaha, Neb. .O.O.F. MEMORIAL SERVICES Members of the Order and Daughters of Rebekah Pay Tributes to Deceased Members. I II llti'lllory of I In' llol lt' ilrml We irul Iht tinners futr. Ami in ilii lr lowly irrmi-s tn iul Ami softly slivw llirin tlnre. Sweet Is tin nil- llmt lin nt ln's minimi, Mti'i't Is llit- sky of .1 line, Swi-i'l Is llii tfiuss uihiii rai'h niounil lir iv 1 liey ttriv lull I 1 1 m soon. Sweet Is I lie sunn I In' I'oliln sllli'-. swi'ct Is t In- hum of lni Ami swis'l I lie ilnv lluil M ns In 1 1 its Thru- IHV.-lolls Illellliil.V. Sunday was the annual memorial day for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the I laughters of I lebekah. About the hour of nine a. m. the mem bers formed In line In front of their lodge room on lower Main street, and from there, headed by the City Band, marched to Oak Hill cemetery, where the graves of all departed members were decorated with flowers. There were about sixty members In line and quite a number of I laughters of Be- bekah In attendance, for whom con veyances were provided to and from the cemetery, the ladles carrying with them baskets tilled with the choicest of flowers In commemoration of those who are sleeping their last sleep In the City of the Head. After short ritual servicer, at the cemetery all the graves of those de parted members that could be desig nated were decorated with Hags and the flowers, after which the members returned to their lodge room and there disbanded. Following is a list of those whose graves were remembered by the living members. This is only a partial list, as perhaps, there are those whose graves are not marked, others who have moved to other points and died, and a few who were dropped some time previous to death, for the non-payment of dues: Shepherd Puke, died Aug. 20, 172. ' C. 0. Ellis, killed by accident, Feb. 2(1, Wl. W. T. Hanson, killed by accident, Aug. i:l, 18l. Richard Newell, July 23, Chas. T. Stove, April 11; 1S8S. I'eter Hummel, April 23, im. C. It. Simmons, died from accidental shot, Sept. , in. i. F. Gyger, April 2, l!i. J. M. Schnellbacker, Pec. 11, lxul. Wm. L. Wells, June 25, 1X94. Wm. Herold, date not recorded. C. S. Pecker, date not recorded. Nels T. Aagaard, , 1804. W. P. Hackenburg, , l"i7. Henry Martin, June Hi, lwis. EdStamm, April lti, 1!. B. C. Kerr, Feb. 21, 1!01. 3. W. Whelan, Jan. 1", litoj. Ell Bustler, June 21, 1!M)2. W. II. Webb, Feb. 17, 1!03. John Frledrlch, Feb. 1, Pm.7 B. F. Brown, died In Los Angeles, Pec. 28, 11105. A. II. Hager, Aug. 21, I'.m. Geo. E. 1'ronger, died at, Maywood, Neb., Feb. 17, l'.M. These momorlal days, on which the living pay such noble tributes to their dead brothers, but demonstrates the true character of their emblem of "Friendship, Love and Truth." "Boost" or Get Out. The following from an exchange tits this town so well that wecannot resist publishing It: "There Is no reason able excuse for any man to live In a town If he doesn't like It. If you have no word of commendation to say for your town, its Institutions or people, emigrate. You won't stop the town clock by going away. The church bells will have the some musical ring, the little dogs will play just as well and the pure air, bright sunshine, and sparkling water will have the same health-giving properties. Speak a good word for your neighbors. If you can: If you cannot, don't everlastingly enlarge on their faults. If you have become thoroughly disgusted, move away; go somewhere where things will suit you." No Rehearing for Mrs. Llllle. The supreme court for the third time has overruled a motion tiled by Judge F. G. Harmer for a rehearing In the Llllle murderca.se. Refusal was granted him to tile the motion. Mrs. Llllle Is serving a life sentence for the murder of hcrhusband. Judge Hamcr, as a right allowed him bylaw, tiled a motion for a rehearing within forty days after the affirmance of the Judg ment. The court gave the motion consldcrat Ion and overruled It. Twice since then Mr. Hamer has asked leave to tile a motion for a rehearing and has each time explained his reasons for desiring this privilege. Kelly Sustain Serious Injuries. While assisting In the work that Is being done for Ilea Patterson by Bax ter Smith, Jim Kelley had the misfor tune to Hep upon the edge of a board on the scaffold work about the barn Saturday afternoon and feel several feet striking the edge of a board with his sid. causing him serious Injury. The unfortunate man Is reported as being Injured Internal and In a critical condition this afternoon, but the Jour nal hopes that nothing serious Is apprehended. BED SOCKS AGAIN WINNERS Take Hard Game From Diamond "C" and Another Is Won From Cedar j Creek Sunday. The Bed Socks baseball aggregation by some fast, playing on the home grounds took a game from the Dia mond "C" team of South Omaha Sat urday afternoon, and on Sunday after noon repeated this good work by walk ing away from the Cedar Creek team with the honors of a game played on their victims' field. Thus have the boys added two more victories to their brilliant record, which contains not a single defeat. The Cudahy Diamond "C" team, under Manager Whltlock, arrived In this city Saturday afternoon, with their colors flying and an unbroken record of a victorious season. The opposing team lineup for the contest at 4:3o p. m. and at the start t he vis itors got In some good work, securing one score In the first Inning, and hold ing the locals down until the fourth, when they rallied from the stupor and by a scries of quick and concerted plays In the fourth, fifth and sixth In nings they sent five men over the plate. In the seventh tin) packing house nine succeeded In flndingGraves and hammered the horse hide for three scores, which proved to be their Qnal desperate struggle to down the Ucme team. In the eighth the lied Socks put another man around the bases, and the ninth saw both sides shut out, at bat. Bed Socks 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 O-C Diamond "C" 1 0 0 mi II 0 0 4 A large crowd was In attendance at the game, hut we regret to learn that out of nearly three hundred men pres ent only twenty-eight paid an admis sion fee, which Is used for paying the expenses of the visiting team. The boys must receive the support of the people, or they will be unable to get teams to come here, and should they do so In the future they do net wish to get out and play only to reach down In their own pocket at the close of the game, to meet the expenses of the vis' itingteam. On Sunday afternoon the Bed Socks journeyed out to Cedar Creek In quest of another victim, which they readily found In the team of that place. The game proved to be an exciting slug glng match, until the eighth inning, when the lied Socks held the locals down and run In fourteen scores. In the ninth two more scores were brought In, making a total of 21 to In favor of l'lattsmouth. Red Socks ... 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 14 2-2.'i Cedar Creek 0 1 2 0 0 0 II 1 0-7 Municipal Ownership. Hastings Is a city that owns its elec' trie lighting plant and for the benefit of those who have been harplngagalnst a municipal ownership of an electric light plant In l'lattsmouth, we give below a statement of the condition of the Hastings plant and what muni cipal ownership has done for that city In the past live years. It not only shows It to be a paying Investment for a municipality but it also shows magnificent saving In expense of city lighting: "In iwl the city of Hast ings Installed a municipal electric lighting plant. The report of the sue- cess of this plant after the years' op eration Is very gratifying, and makes a strong exhibit for municipal light Ing. It is shown that the receipts for this plant for the live years were over 13,ooo more than the disbursements It has paid this much over operating expenses upon light and power sold leaving out the fact or the lighting of the city. The number of street lamps used In Hastings would have cost, If paid for to a private company, over 20,000 for the five years since the plant has been In operation. The plant lias therefore saved the city $3!,KX),made the city a prollt of 1 13,000 or a total of H'.t.ooo net prollt. The total cost of the Improvements made up to date amounts to rojiio.1' Good Parstura for cattle and horses. I have room for sixty head. Plenty t.f grass and good water, on Walker section, seven milts west of Murray. W. J.Banaud. FINDS HIS MOTHER DEAD Son Comes Home on Visit to Her But She Suddenly Expired. A special from Kim wood, under date of Saturday, Juno !, says: "Mrs. Sarah Ionian, a widow about sixty years of age, was found dead at her home In this city yesterday morning. For several days Mrs. Ionian had been antlelpaf Ing a visit from her sou Bert and wife, who reside at Florence, Col., anil they came on the 1 o : 1 1 a. in. train yesterday, lining to the home of his mother, thev found the door looked illld could get, lm lesponse lo their ! knocking, (ioing to a window Iter! j peered into the l oom and was horrllied j to discover his inoilier lying on the floor. Neighbors were summoned, the windows broken open and a physician hastily summoned, who pronounced her dead-death being caused from heart trouble due to organic heart trouble, from which she lias been a sufferer for some time. Apparently she had been dead about an hour. She was at a' neighbor's the evening pre vious and was In as good health as usual. She had just finished breakfast, ;is the breakfast dishes and part of a cup of coffee were on the table and death came when she began to do up the morning work, even before she had the house opened. Coroner Clements, who resides here, was summoned ami declared an Inquest unnecessary. The funeral will lie held from the Christian church at ; o'clock tomorrow after noon." An Exciting Runaway. great deal of excitement was oc casioned Monday by a runaway team dashing down Main street drag ging an overturned delivery wagon, that was somewhat mashed up, and in this way disturbing the tranquility that generally exists along Main street about 10 o'clock. The cause for the disturbance originated on south Sixth street hill while Jay Madsen was driv ing the delivery wagon belonging to L. B. Kgcnberger.' One (die of the tongue came d'jwn, frightening the horses and preventing the driver from controlling or guiding the horses The team dashed down Sixth, swerv ing from one side of the street to the other, until they collided with a tele phone pole near the alley by Hlld's fur niture store, and caused Jay to fall from the wagon. Perhaps It was for tunate that he was thus knocked from the wagon, for should ho have remain ed, he would certainly have been seri ously Injured, when the wagon was overturned by the team turning ab ruptly toward the east and running down Main street, with the demolish- wagon still clinging to them. The team was captured near the corner of Third and Main, and freed from the damaged vehicle. Beside a few bruises, scratches and a bad shaking up, Jay Madsen escaped uninjured. IS DROWNED IN WYOMING Robert Root Former Cass County Citizen Meets Death by Drowning. A telegram was received Sunday by friends In Murray, from the wife of Bobert Boot, that he had been drown ed. No particlars further that this was received. Mr. and Mrs Robert Boot left this county about three years ago for Wyoming, where they have since been living on a ranch, and where they were enjoying life and the pursuits in which they were engaged. They have no children. The deceased was a son of Anderson Boot, who died recently In Arizona, and who was quite a prominent citi zen of the county. He had the honor of representing the county In the legislature. He was also a pioneer citizen and the son was reared here The wife of the unfortunate man Is also well known In this county, having been reared In Cass county, where her parents, still resides, but our Infor mant failed to give us their names. He also failed to learn from what point In Wyoming the telegram was sent, or In what section of the state Mr. and Mrs. Boot resided. The deceased was well known In Cass county, and especially In the south part of this county, and also In Otoe county, where he lived for some time. The Journal will probably be ad vised more fully as to the unfortunate occurrence later, and will publish fuller particulars later. Try This One. Did you ever try tbls one? Take any number between one and nine. Add one to It. Multiply by nine. Cross out the left-hand figure. Add four teen. Add the original number select ed. Then follow the advice of the answer. Married In Lincoln. On Wednesday, Junefi, Mr. Arthur Bemaly and Miss llulda Francke wero united In marriage In Lincoln 1 y County Judge Waters, Both of theso young people are well known in thW community where they have resided since childhood and their friends num her equal with their acquaintances. Mr. Keinaly and his bride returned to Kaglc Thursday and have gone: to housekeeping in the (iambic property. The Beacon unites with their many friends in extending congiat idat Ions. Kagle Beacon, CAUSE OF DEATH UNKNOWN Further Particulars Regarding the Death of Wesley J. Barr. A special from (ireenwoi d gives tin following particulars regarding tin; death of Wesley .1. llarr: "Wesley J. Barr was arrested by the marshal on Saturday evening. When the marshal went to t he bast lie with his breakfast on Sunday morning Barr was lying on the floor dead. Coroner Clements of Kim wood was notified and the body was ordered cared for until Monday morning when a jury was Impaneled. A post mortem held on request of I he jury decided that Barr met his death by some cause not made visible by the examination. An Indentation of ,Ik skull showed he had received an injury The verdict of the jury conformed to these facts. The deceased had been released from the hospital at Lincoln some two months back, Inning been sent I here under the new dipsomania law for the treatment of inebriates, lie was thirty-nine yeaisold. Inter men t will lie at the cemetery hereon Tuesday." I o the Journal's account eterday we. were mistaken in the name of tho dead man. Wesley .1. I'.arr is not it son of D. K, Barr, and Is no relation whatever tu that gentleman. It was rumored about Greenwood that the night lie was arrested .begot jnto.a light with one of his companions and that he was struck on the head with a beer hot tie, but, upon examinat ion it was found that the Indenture was an old wound. It seems that there were four In the party, but Barr was the only one run In. His face was consid erably scratched and one of the party who was with him Immediately left town, which aroused suspicion of foul play. The result of the examination resulted In a verdict of the jury as re ported in the above special. We regret that we connected our friend, D. K. Barr, In any way in the alTalr, but it was done through the- fact that, he was the one who Informed County Attorney Bawls of the dis covery of the dead man. Wesley J. Barr was well known as a. threshing machine man in the west part of the county, and leaves a father, mother, three sisters and our brother. The funeral occurred this morning at 10 o'clock from the Green wood M. K. church and Interment In the Greenwood cemetery. Dipsomnnlnc Law Upheld. That the dipsomaniac law is consti tutional in the main Is the decision of the court In the application of John Schwartlng for a writ of habeas cor pus. The court decides that the law Is pari materia of other laws providing for the detention, care and discharge of persons committed to the hospital for the Insane and must be constructed In connection therewith. That part of the law which provides for paroling dipsomaniacs, requiring them to re frain from the use of liquor and to keep out of the company of drinkers, was declared unconst Itutlonal. Judge Let ton wrote the decision. The decision states that: The law Is an exercise of the pater nal care of the state, designed for the benefit of those persons whose mental llbre lias U'come so weakened by the excessive use of Intoxicants and nar cotics that they are unable to refrain from an undue Indulgence In the samo and In whom the craving has becomo so Intense as to be In the nature of a mental Infirmity. The law Is not enacted to punish crime and Is by no means penal in Its nature. When the dipsomaniac Is re leased, he stands on an equality with all other citizens. Insofar as the pro visions of section 7 provide for the re straint of persons who have been cured, they arc In contllct with the constitu tion and must fall. The application of John Swartlng for w rit of habeas corpus Is denied. The sworn statement of the manu facturers protects you from opiates In Kennedy's Laxattvo Honey and Tar the cough syrup that drives the cold out of your system. Sold by FrlckCtV Co. and Gerlng & Co.