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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1908)
AGWUft! WE have secured the Morgan room, next door to our store; for 10 days, and are placing in it every single article and garment that was in any way soiled or damaged by the recent flood which struck our store. These goods have been washed and cleaned and for practical purposes are every whit as good as ever, but we intend to sell them at prices that will move them out quickly and clean up our stock. You will get bargains here such as have never before been offered in Plattsmouth. All the damaged goods are GOOD GOODS, which stand such things as floods. Sale begins Saturday, July 18. First come first served. If you want new goods you will find nothing but new iroods in our old store. HS3 GIVE EXCELLENT LflWH FETE St. Luke's Choir Gives One of the Most Delightful Social Events of the Season By far the most successful lawn fete jriven this season was that given by St. Luke's choir at the fine residence and lawn of Henry Herold. For the occasion the lawn had been handsomely lighted with Japanese lanterns and the veranda where the musical program was rendei ed was tastefully set with flowers and nalrns. On the whole the settings for the occasion were very fitting and be spoke the care and attention given to ward making the occasion a great suc cess in every particular. Of the program rendered, too much connot be said. It had been selected with much care and to the credit of all concerned in it, it was executed with a promptness and precision that told volumes. That the large audience pre sent appreciated the treat it enjoyed was manifest from the fact that every number received an encore with the ex ception of the opening one, Director Austin having informed the audience in advance that the choir was not prepared for an encore for that piece. The attendance was excellent, the choir clearing a handsome sum from the ticket sales. As the various numbers were given ice cream and cake was served to the assemblage at tables set upon the lawn and a more charming combination could not have been de vised. The weather was perfect and all things seemed united to promote the fete. The several numbers on the program took well with the audience, especi ally did the performance of Miss Edith Dovey catch them. It is the almost universal verdict that she exhibited tal ent most suq --rising in one of rrer j-ears and hisrhly creditable to many far older and of wider training and experience. As is always the case, Miss Mildred Cummins, repeated her success as a character artiste, being given an ova tion for her remarkable clever work. Master Ben Windham was another who scored with the audience, getting a warm reception. But with so excellent a bill compari sons are odious. The opening glee, "Soft Winds Blow" by the chorus was most excellent and would have been encored but for Prof. Austin's request. In the bass solo "The Sword of Terrara" that gentleman scored a great success. The piece itself is a heavy one, difficult of execution and depending much for its effectiveness upon the right ensemble. Last night Prof. Austin did marvelously well, so well in fact that the audience made him give them "Lucky Jim" as an encore and really wanted more. Then followed Master Ben Windham in his character reading, mention of which has been made above. Guy McMaken sang "Night and Day," his rendition M escort's Wescott WHERE QUALITY COUNTS being very fine and getting well de served applause. The piano solo of Miss Emma Cummins was also a brilliant number and met the approval of the audience, her execution being superb. The soprano solo of Mrs. Britt followed and as usual Mrs. Britt acquitted her self magnificently. Both theme and singer appealed to the audience and it responded quickly and enthusiastically, manifesting its feeling in a well de served manner. Then came Miss Edith Dovey in a se lection from "Miss Hook of Holland." She gave "A Little Pink Petty from Peter" and for the encore "Patter, Pat ter of the Little Wooden Shoes." Both late hits and both correctly rendered. As told above she made a great hit. Mrs. Austin in "Just A wearying for You" distinctly scored and with "My Dear" as an encore repeated former triumphs. Then Miss Mildred Cum mins in a black face reading took the crowd by storm and repeated her vic tory a few moments later with "Speak Up Ike and 'Spress Yourself. " " EUa Margaret Dovey in "O, Dry Those Tears" also sung herself into the feel ings of her audience and repeated with the charming French ballad "Ma Cherie. " This delightful program con cluded with a glee "Comin' Thro The Rye" and an encore "One of Those Dreams" by the choir, both numbers; being highly pleasing. Bad Burn Quickly Healed. "I am so delighted with what Cham berlain's Salve has done for me that I feel bound to write and tell you so," says Mrs. Robert Mytton, 457 John St., Hamilton, Ontario. "My little daugh ter had a bad burn on her knee. I ap plied Chamberlain's Salve and it healed beautif ully. " This salve allays the pain of a burn almost instantly. It is for sale by F. G. Fricke & Co. Fails to Settle Claim. The adjusters for the insurance com panies having lines at risk on the H. E. Weidman stock were unable to reach an agreement with Mr. Weidman yes terday and departed for other points. There did not seem to be any trouble with the larger companies on the risk but the Nebraska Underwriters wonld not come to an agreement and in their refusal the entire loss remained unad justed. The stock according to Mr. Weidman was valued at about $7,000 while he had insurance to the amount of ?5S0O divided among the following companies, the Nebraska Underwriters, Continental, Westchesters, State of NeUraska, New York Underwriters and German-American. As the companies have sixty days in which to pay the loss, Mr. Weidman has concluded to board up the room and stock and give them time to think it over, he having tried three different times to secure a settlement. Should they not have paid at that time, he in tends to commence suit for the insur ance, and also for damages for the de lay occasioned by their actions. He has retained Byron Clark as his attorney in Souls s Soos the matter. It is regretted the com panies have assumed the position they have, especially as the big eastern com panies have shown themselves willing to do the right thing. Best the World Affords "It gives me unbounded pleasure to recommend Bucklen's Arnica Salve, says J.W. Jenkins of Chapel Hill, N.C. "I am convinced it's the best salve the world affords. It cured a felon on my thumb, and it never fails to heal every sore, burn or wound to which it is ap plied. 25c. at F. C. Fricke & Co. drug store. , Have Delightful Trip. County Commissioners Friedrich, Switzer and Jordan, with County Clerk Rosencrans and Superintendent of Schools Miss Foster, were in Elmwood yesterday .holding a meeting to consider the changing of boundaries of several school districts near that point. The matter was considered and a number of witnesses heard, after which the mas ter was taken under advisement. The party started back to this city by the Missouri Pacific, but on arriving at Weeping Water the brilliant idea occurred to Commissioner Friedrich and Clerk Rosencrans that they could make time by coming by way of Lonis ville, jthe train they were on having been ordered to back up to Springfield and take passengers from there on ac count of a washout on the Omaha line between Omaha and Springfield. They figured they could get to Louisville and catch No. 30 on the Burlington and thus reach home. They got to Louisville all right ar.d learned that 30 had just left Ashlandl They rejoiced much at their good Jui k and more so when they found a woi k train coming along which would let them down to Cedar Creek ahead of 30. So they moved on to Cedar Creek, just why they don't state. After hav ing rested and refreshed themselves they waited for No 30, which got along there at 11 o'clock at night. Their surprise and indignation can be imagin ed when the train forgot to stop at Cedar Creek, but came right on into Plattsmouth without them. M iss Foster, with her customary good judgment, remained in Weeping Water until the M. P. came back and reached here a little after . 7 p. m. Messrs. Friedrich and Rosencranks came in this morning. LEGAL NOTICE IM THE DISTRICT COTTKT OF CASS 111 county Neliraska-Dietrich Koester. plain tiff vs. . K. Tomason. first name unknown ilrs. Tomason. tirst name unknown, and the unknown heirs and divisees of W. II. To mason. Brst name unknown, deceased, -defendants. The above named defendants will take notic that on the 2nd day of July, litw. Hietrich Ko-i ester. DlaintitT. tiled his it it inn in tlio li triet Court of Cass County Nebraska atrainst said defendants the object and prayer of which are toauiet his title in and to lot one in Block Thirteen in the village of Avoca. Cass County Nebraska against you by the reason of the ad verse possession of said premises by the said plaintiff for more than ten years last past and for etiuit able relief. Von are required to an swer said petition on or before August 17. l!s. Iietkich Kokstek, Plaintiff. By C. K. Tefft. his attorney. July K lss. STV FflTKB mm a Nebraska Telephone Company Asks For a New Ordinance-Desires to Make Needed Im provements and to Advance Rales All members of the city council ex cept White and Neuman were present last night when Mayor Gering called them to order, and they spent a long heated two hours going over city affairs. The council chamber seemed to have been specially warmed up for the occa sion, it being one of the hottest places this side of the river Styx, neverthe less the members waded through a mass of business. Some degree of comfort was added to a portion of the room by a new ceiling fan donated the city by J. E. McDaniels, who also furnishes the power for the same, but it was too scant to do much good. After reading the minutes of the meeting of June 2G, July 1 and 6 and approving same, an ordinance granting the Nebraska Telephone Company a new franchise, and giving them the use of the streets and alleys of the city for erecting poles and stringing wires was presented. The ordinance provides that the company shall have a franchise and erect poles and wires on all streets and alleys except Main street east of 7 th, gives the city right to use the poles of the company for public uses, provides for expense and responsibility of mov ing poles, wires, &c, when moving structures across the street provides a penalty for destruction of the company property arid fixes rates for phones at a stiff advance from present prices, the new schedule being business houses $2.50 per month. Two party line busi ness house $2.00 per month. Residences $1.50 per month. Two party line resi dence $1.00. The ordinance' also pro vides for-a number of other qualifica tions necessary to make it a valid one. Matthew Gering, counsel for the company, was present and upon invita tion proposed by Bookmeyer addressed the council on the merits cf the new ordinance. He expressed himself as being of the opinion that the company did not feel anxious to invest money here under present conditions; that ex isting antagonism in the city had dis couraged them and spoke of the litiga tion they had gone through with to es tablish their franchise here. He said the desire to obtain this franchise origi nated solely from a desire to im prove their plant so that they would be in a position to compete with the independent company and suggested that the company would like to invest some $2,000 or $2,500 in remodeling their plant, intending to put in new style instruments and other improve ments. He spoke at length on the rates now in force and the proposed increase, defending the latter on the ground of the proposed improvements. He point ed out that business houses were being charged $3 a month at present, although the franchise of the company expressly limited their charges to $2, and spoke of only one man objecting to this charge. The company was willing to put up a bond for the cost of moving the poles off Main street. He wanted the council to arrange to hear the gen eral manager of the company, or have a committee meet him and talk the matter over. Councilman Sattler objected to that portion of the ordinance which permit ted the company to lay wires under ground on Main street, and after some discussion on this point, he made a motion that the ordinance be referred to the judiciary committee, which mo tion prevailed. A resolution was next presented ap propriating $G00 to be paid to the Plattsmouth Water company on ac count, providing that the rights of the city and the company in the litigation now pending were not molested or compromised. Councilman Steimker explained to the council that this reso lution merely covered money already appropriated and paid at a previous meeting, after which Sattler's motion to adopt the resolution prevailed by unai.imous vote. The report of the finance committee allowiner claims as follows was adopted: J as. II. Donnelly, library fund ? 3 00 I'ublic Library, same . . 5 Anton Koubek. fire department fund 1 50 P. A. McClary, same i m Oeo. IcIaniels. same i so Joe McCarty. same. i 50 Kobt. Rector, same 1 50 Ed. Ackerman. same 1 50 John Janda. police fund io 00 Joe Fitzgerald, same... , '50 00 Ben Kainey, same 50 00 M. Archer, same 30 30 Neb. Telephone Co., peneral fund 35 Plattsmouth Telephone Co., same 1 50 Neb. Litf-hting- Co.. same .- 1 15 Aug. Pein.. road fund 2 21 Frank Lasik, same is 91 Jno. Harkins, same 20 75 John Bates, same ;.. 47 60 Claud Smith, same '. 42 35 Geo- Llndsey, same 49 35 m. Brinkman. same 3 50 Phil. Harrison, same 29 94 esse Tower, same .' 4 90 EOT! W. II. Sutton, same :.V 1 ' 1 Walter SiNH'k, same 10 15 F. M. Ulchey, same Hi ii.'i Win. i iiwry, same :.' 70 Frank l m-hlii-, ky, satin- 12 tin l'riink Kalasek, same 24 :i:i .loll 11 Iveison, same 2 t.'i John Janda, same 40 i K. W. Cook, same 75 A I. Janda, same 1 40 Clyde Funk, same I'.l tio Olive Jones, library fund 25 00 Neb. Lighting Co., same 2 50 Peter Evers. buuiness tax fund 4 if) Horace I)"nn, same 2 00 S. L. Coiner, same 5 oo Henry Herold, same 4 oo J. C. Hurrows, same 2 oo Fred Egenlx-rger. same ... 2 00 John Husche, same 1 oo Jas. Hickson, same 2 00 C. I). Woodworth & Co.. same 214 00 J. H. Merriam, same li;i 45 Win. lMsliel, same 40 25 Several minor claims vae referred to the claims committee lor further inves tigation and the claim of the Platts mouth Water Company for hydrant rental amount to $2,910.10 was referred to the judiciary committee. The street commissioner was in structed to bill the park commission with $14.75 for the work performed at the park, the understanding being that the commission would pay the bill. The street commissioner filled his customary report for the period ending July 14 and a misunderstanding by Councilman Steimker of Clerk Lister's rounded periods as he read the docu ment, caused some confusion, the coun cilman thinking his ward was being charged with some work it didn't re ceive and understanding the bills to Le excessive. He also objected to not re ceiving the report in time to give it consideration before the meeting. On motion the report was referred to the street committee. Dr. Elster presented his monthly re port, showing the receipts of his office, and on motion it was referred to the finance committee. City Treasurer Clement reported there was a balance in the city treasury of $11,150.40. This report also went, to the finance committee. The report of the chief of the fire de partment was made, showing the tools. equipment, &c. on hand with their gen eral condition and recommending the purchase of one hundred feet ot hose, was , received and referred to the fire and water committee. At this juncture Councilman Neuman came in and was recorded as present, he being unavoidably detained. Police Judge Archer's report as given heretofore in the Journal wasread and referred to the police committee. The claim committee reported allow ing one of the claims enumerated in the list published above, which report was adopted unanimously, on motion of Schulhof. A communication from the Platts mouth Water Company asking that the city discontinue using water from the hydrant at Main and Sixth streets for sprinkling purposes, unless they bought same at a rate of 15 cents pe'r thousand gallons, and stating the former mayor Richey was willing to allow the city to use a tap at Seventh and Pearl streets was read on motion went to the fire and water committee. A petition signed by innumerable South Park citizens asking for the va cation of various streets and alleys in that addition started some little discus sion. Councilman Vondran speaking briefly on the situation, the matter be ing closed by referring the petition to the judiciary committee for investiga tion. An ordinance giving the Masonic home authority to excavate and maintain a sewer at the home of Washington avenue was read and on motion referred to the judiciary committee. The contract for sidewalks and cross ings with McMaken & Sons with the accompanying bond for $1,000.00 with C. C. Parmele as surety, was read and on motion of Weber the mayor and city clerk were ordered to signtand approve same and to approve the bond. The contract provides for the following scale of prices: Ten and three-quarter cents per square foot for residence walks; thirteen cents for walks in business sec tion and 24 cents for crossings. An uproar broke ojtwhen the com mittee on streets through Chairman Sattler brought in a report on the mat ter of raising the curb on South Sixth street. They reported that Mr. Hall objected to the proposed action and threatened the city with a damage suit if the work was commenced. The com mittee hesitated as to what to do. Councilman Weber wanted the opinion of the city attorney on the matter and the mayor suggested the committee take further time to the matter. Coun cilman Schulhof was emphatically in favor of go'.ng ahead with the work and he and the mayor locked horns on the proposition, the mayor not "wanting to buy a lawsuit." Waber again renewed his suggestion Of hr.ving the city at torney ' opinion and Councilman Steim ker upoke at length of the grade being established and the probability of a law Huit. He did not favor lawsuits and be- coming heated by his exertions and the ' close air of the room, moved that the curbing be not raised. Mayor Gering interposed with a plea for more time, anil Mr. Steimker again adverted upon the unfeusibility of the scheme as it could not be raised high enough to do, any good. Schulhof didn't know whether it would do any good or not until it had been tried and didn't think Hall could have any damages anyway. He believed the city safe in going ahead. Sattler cut the Gordiun knot by moving the matter beferrc;d to the city attorney. everyone voting that way except Steim ker, who registered no in a strong voice. A petition signed by Streight & Streight, and others, asking that cer tain improvements be made at the mouth of the sewer at Washington avenue and Seventh street, was on mo tion, referred to the street committee. The mayoi then called the attention of the council to the fact the Water company had a proposition to submit to the city which they did not care to make pullic, and they had asked a con ference with the city's representatives and their general attorney at Omaha. Vondran moved that the fire and water committee and the mayor go to Omaha and meet the general attorney and re port back to the council. The remainder of the session inc luded numerous sidewalk resolution and small items of street work which were ordered. The work included work on north North Filth street, Eleventh street, Ninth and Gold, Rock, Pearl, South Seventh, Ninth and Rock, Third, Fourth, Granite, Marble, the sidewalk at the Fourth ward school, Thayer and Lincoln avenue, Dryant and Lincoln. Holdrege, Clara, Patterson avenue and Smith avenue. Councilman Weber wanted crushed rock placed at crossings to protect them in case of washouts and on motion the street committae was instructed to get prices on rock and report. Mendenhall created some excitement by getting after some minor matters in the Fourth ward,' being some criti cised by the members from that ward for his pernicious activity. He won his point and had the street committee look into the matter. At this point three or four incipient reforms got their finish, as a motion to adjourn caught Sattler and Schulof vainly trying to get the floor. The heat made the members anxious for fresh air. Committee Goes to Omaha. Mayor Gering, Councilman Vondran, Neuman and Schluntz were passengers on No. 7. for Omaha this noon, going up to consult the general attorney of the Plattsmouth Water company relative to the proposed settlement of the troubles between the company and the city. From a reliable source the Journal learns the proposed settlement will pro vide for a reduction of the hydrant rent als, a reduction of rates to private con sumers and an extension of the Water Company's franchise for a period of twenty years. The exact amount of the proposed reduction cannot be stated but it will not be so much as the council has asked. A full statement will be given the public as soon as the com mittee returns. Wm. F. Gillespie, the grain man of Mynard, brought Mrs. Gillespie into the city this morning and remained here for the day, the lady traveling on to Omaha. Often The Kidneys Are . Weakened by Oyer-Work. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. It used to be considered that only urinary and bladder troubles were to be ar,- traced to Uie kidneys, ;$Lffczk X$v-5s but now modern science proves tnat nearly ail diseases have their beginning in the disorder of these most irnjortant organs. The kidneys fllter and purify the blood that is their work. 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