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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1908)
DAILY PERSONAL NEWS I 5 Short Items of Interest, From Sat urclay Evening's Daily Journal I'hilip II. Meisinger is in the city to lay on business matters. .Miss Verna Leonard is in Omaha to day visiting friends for the afternoon. Mrs. ('has. Ulrich was a passenger this morning on the early train for maha. Miss Kllen Jess was a passenger this morning for Omaha where she will .-pend the day. ("has. Troop, one of the industrious ;recinct farmers, is transacting busi ness in the city. C. Menken, the grain dealer of My nard is among those in the city today looking after business. Jacob Meisinger is one of the family of that name who came in today to transact business with our merchants. Mrs. J. Stenner and son, Clarence, were among those travelling to Omaha this morning where they will spend the day. (leo. P. Horn representing the Wood men's Accident Association, is in the city today, looking after business mat ters. Mrs. R. D. Thompson departed on the mail train this noon for Omaha where she will look after some business m atters. Mrs. John Carmack who has been visiting for several days at Des Moines, Iowa, the guest of friends, returned to the city last evening. Miss Nettie Hawksworth came in this morning from her home at Burling ton, Iowa, preparatory to taking up her school work next Monday. A. L. Ilagard was a passenger this ir.orning for (Ilen.vood. Iowa, and ex pe ts to a visit a number of other points previous to returning to the city. V.. II. Ilooth was a passenger this f i i i.. :n n...rning lor i -ir.com wnere r.-j win .-per.d the three days vacation afforded by the IJurlingtoii being today, Sunday ;m I Labor Hay. A continuous series of dramatic situ ations, thrilling climaxes, woven into a kein. completing nature's most pleas ing play, "A Texas Ranger," at the I'armele, September 9th. Dietrich Smith of Elmwood, republi can candidate for representative, is in the city today holding a sympathetic meeting with his fellow nominees, and trying to figure out how to keep the democratic majority down. Miss Mary Moore of Murray, depart ed this afternoon for Cedar Creek where she goes to assume charge of the primary grade in the schools at that point. Miss Moore last year taught a school near Murray and is considered a good teacher. John Meisinger is among those in the city today looking after business mat ters. Mr. Meisinger is one oi tne thrify, younger members of this excel lent family and one of the best farmers Eight Mile Grove precinct can boast. J as. A. Walker, D. J. Pitman and Jaii. Loughridge of Murray, were in the city over night, attending Masonic lodge. Mr. Loughridge was initiated into the mysteries of the royal arch in company with Will Robertson at the meeting last evening. Alba Nelson, wife and son were passengers on the mail train this noon for Omaha. From Omaha Mrs. Nelson and son will proceed to Denison, Iowa, where they will visit with Mrs. Nelson's mother. Mr. Nelson only accompanied them as far as Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Klinger were passengers this noon for Omaha where Mrs. Klinger will soon undergo an operation for nasal affection which has developed. Wrhile not dangerous, the operation is such as requires a specia list and for this purpose the trip is made. Miss Agatha Jones departed this noon on the mail for Greenwood where she will teach school the ensuing year. This is Miss Jones second year in teach ing her first having proven a good suc cess. She is a young lady of much : promise and her many friends expect :he good people of Greenwood to I ? well pleased with her. j Orlando TetTt, republican candidate for the state senate, was in the city last evening, consulting with his politi cal advisers as to what to saved. Orlando seems to do to be read the , handwriting on the wall this year and is making strenuous efforts to avert defeat by an overwhelming majority. A. Houghton who has been employed oa the Masonic Home in this city since j work was commenced, returned to Om aha today for a few day3 rest. Work on the structure is well along, the postering being done and the settine of tbe boilers almost completed. This job bu been done in record breaking time ad is, addition, a good job. Oft Next Monday is Labor Day. Re member the ball game and be sure you httend. T. II. Pollock, the telephone manager, is in Omaha on business connected with his company. Ami P. Todd of Denver is in the city for a visit with relatives and friends for a short time. Mrs. Christine Doering was a passen ger this morning for Omaha where she will visit with friends. Miss Lillian I'ookmeyer came in this morning for her week's end rest after her musical work in Omaha. Max Straub and daughter from near Avoca are in the city this afternoon looking after business matters. Matthew Gering was a passenger this morning for Sarpy County, where he has legal matters to look after. Peter Carlson departed this noon on the mail train for llavelock where he will visit over Sunday with relatives. Mrs. Julia lies departed this noon for De Soto, la. her home after a visit in the city, the guest of her son, Mark lies. Mrs. John Wiles and Miss Elizabeth Spangler were passengers this morning for Omaha going up to spend the after noon. John Claus was among those travel ing to Omaha on the mail train this noon having business there to look after. Eddie Curtiss was a passenger this morning for Percival, la. where he will visit indefinitely with relatives and friends. H. D. Stanley departed on the noon train for Lincoln where he will visit a few days with his father who resides at that point. ('has. L. Carlson was among those having business in Omaha to look after this afternoon being a passenger on the mail train. J. W. Elliott was a passenger thi morning for Omaha where he will visit his brother who is farming a few miles west of that city. 1. W. Sheldon or 1'ercival, la., came in this noon on No. 7 for the purpose of transacting some business matters with County Treasurer Schlater. Mrs. Josie Wooster and sister, Anna Janda, were passengers this morning for Omaha where they will visit rela tives and friends for a week. Mrs. A. J.Trillity and children were passengers on the early train this morn ing for Omaha where they will visit over Sunday with relatives and friends A. C. Goodwin and wife were among those traveling to Omaha where they go to attend a house party given by one of their numerous friends. They will remain their till next Tuesday. George Horn from near Louisville is in the city today on business. The old gentleman is hale and hearty and bears his years with a lightness that is de ceptive to those who do not know him. Mrs. Dora Kostal, Miss Josephine West and Otto Puis are among those in the city this afternoon transacting business. They made the Journal a pleasant and highly appreciated call. Mrs. E. A. Wiggenhorn who has been in the city the guest of F. G. Fricke and family, departed this noon for Ash land. She will depart in a few days for an extended visit to Germany, ex pecting to be gone several months. Miss Cora Allen of Riverton, la., came in on No. 7 thi3 noon for a visit of a few days with Mrs. C. A. Wells. She was accompanied by Miss Hamil ton also of the same city who stopped over here between trains being enroute farther west. Nick Halmes and his estimable wife are in the city today looking after busi ness matters. Mrs. Halmes paid the Journal office a highly appreciated visit, and presented the office with several boquets of her justly noted flowers. They are certainly very beautiful and the thar.ks f the force is tendered the lady for her kind remembrance. pit: visited the Journal office yes-; ". rterroon and left with it sever al monster apples of a variety unknown. IT-- - t' -ti 4."-:- -;e were i:ot as large as i i sojr.e otiit-rs he raised, and if h-z can produ-.-e a.iy finer peein-en: than t! --se he left here, they must be prize v in- ; ners. These apples weigh n-v-arly a: pound apiece an : tie ::j. rais.-..! me which weighed fully that mucV.. W. n. Banning came up thi rr.oi from Union to attend the meeting of the democratic candidates. after some business matters. Mr. Ban ning has not yet opened his campaign but from advices received he is muc o er.cour- Ke vt. c.e ui.wu niu mr. iu 1 A 1 .... 1 . 1 1 tne ejection oy a large majority Me believes the democratic stren-tn is daily growing greater. Geo. Thierolf, the hustling Cedar Creek thresherman, is in the city today on business. L. A. Moore is among those who are transacting business in Omaha today, going up on No. l'.J. D. J. Klinger was a passenirer this noon for Omaha where he had business matters to look after. Mrs. Ernest Railey departed this noon on the mail train for Missouri Valley, la., called there by the illness of her mother. A permanent fixture in popular taste an everlasting success, "A Texas Ranger," which will be seen at the I'armele Wednesday night, September9. W. S. Ask with, Superintendent of the Masonic Home, is looking after business matters in Omaha this morn ing being a passenger on the early train. Miss Luella Suddeuth was a passen ger this noon for Missouri Valley, her home, after a visit of several days with the family of Walter Thomas in this city. C. H. Vallery is one of the precinct farmers who is in the city today look ing after some business matters and, incidentally, examining some machin ery which he expects to install. Eugene B. Lewis, formerly of this city, but now of St Louis, Mo., is in the city today visiting with old friends and acquaintances. It has been a num ber of years since Mr. Lewis was here but he finds a great many of his friends still here and thriving. He will likely remain several days. Misses Minnie and Clara Lade who have been in the city for several days, guests at the Ilofmann Dalton wedding, depaated this morning for Bulger, Neb. where they will visit prior to returning to their home at Hassett, Neb. The young ladies are nieces of Mr. G. G. Hofman and are charming and esti mable young women. W. G. Meisinger and wife were in the city this afternoon fromjtheir farm west of the city. Mr. Meisinger is one of the younger, progressive,up-to-date farmers of Eight Mile Grove precinct and one of the right sort. He added his name to the Daily Journal list de siring to keep posted right to the hour of the news. Lavinas W. Patterson and wife have been visiting the family of W. F. Moore ; near Murray for several days past, j departed this noon on the mail train for Narka, Kas. Mr. and Mrs. Patterson were residents of this county a long time back having lived in the Rock BlutFs neighborhood, and they have many friends scattered over this sec tion of the county. John Rotter was a passenger this morning for' Havelock where he was summoned by a message from his wife stating that her father was dangerously ill. Mr. Rotter received the message late yesterday afternoon after all trains had left and he was unable to get away in time to catch any of them. The train this morning was the first one he could get and he immediately left for the sick man's bedside. T. P. Kennish who is visiting in the city, the guest of Mrs. Geo. E. Dovey, was a passenger this morning for Omaha where he will spend the day. Mr. Ken nish is an expert in railway construc tion having been superintendent of construction when the New York Cen tral lines were rebuilt, one of the finest jobs of construction in the country. His principal line of construction now is reinforced concrete work. Chas. Noyes, H. O. and Arthur Pal mer and John Jackman made up an auto mobile party which came down from j Louisville this morning. Mr. Noyes came in to attend the consolation meet ing of the republicans held here today while the others came along to cheer him up when ne heard the discouraging reports which he was bound to hear. They found it a haid job. Misses Frances Weidman, Helen Chapman, and Gladys Marshall were passengers this noon for Lincoln where they will be guests at a house party to be given there by Mrs. J. Ed. Johnson. The ladies will be in attendance for several days. The Knocker and Booster The York Times compares the cheer ful, progressive booster with the luxu rious, obstructing knocker in this style: There is the booster and there is the knocker which are you? The booster is always ahead of the car of progress, pulling it along; the knocker is always dragging along behind, trying to hold it back. The farmer makes money for himself arid everybody else; the latter trie i keep everyone from getting anything except himself, and what he .cc-ts he hides for fear someone will gt it away from him. Evervbodv is ad to meet the booster and give him the giiiu hand; everyone shuns the i'.r.oi. k. r and gives him a kick when his back is tinned. With big crops and hiu'n piiiv.5 this section of the country v. il I e r.re prosperous this fall than ever before, ar.d the boosters will be up ,:t the ! tad of the procession, while the kr.oei.ers will be forgotten. Sirjyed or Stolen! Frcm my home, a black and white Si,,;te.j fcmale doff Information be gladly received by the owner, DjCL JONEg A SAD CASE. Fond Mother Why, my pet. you should not strike your little brother that way. Spoiled Child I will! If he touches my doll axain I'll break another chair over his head, so there! I-oikI Mother Hut, my dear, know it isn't ladylike for little you girls to Spoi"d Child You g.-t out! If you say another word I'll I'll tell the minister what you said about his wife's new dress. Fond Mother (some years after) My dear, it seems to me this engage ment to Mr. Goodsoul is very sudden. Spoiled Daughter There you go! I knew you would. Always coming bo tween me and my happiness. You can yell your old head off if you want to. but I'll marry him all the same. Fond Mother Hut, my dear, it may be that your dispositions Spoiled Daughter Huh! If I can get along with such an unreasonable creature as you, I can get along with any one. Now, just stop your chat ter, and see about supper. He'll be here to-night. Fond Mother (two years afterward, to visitor) Yes, it is too true, too true. Visitor And so your daughter and her husband have really separated? Fond Mother Yes, poor stricken child, she came home last night. Oh, that she should ever have married such a brute! She was always so ten der, so affectionate, so timid. Poor angel! He must have abused her ter ribly. New York Weekly. Qualified. Head Astronomer I want a man to figure eclipses, calculate the dis tances between various stars, flr the orbits of certain comets, and. In fact. be a sort of handy mathematical man around the heavens. What are your qualifications? Applicant (proudly) All last year. sir, I was the official score-keeper for a woman's bridge club. Life. Equipment. Dashaway I'm going to a house party. Wonder what I need to take along? Cleverton About a quart of five dollar gold pieces to tip the servants with, a flannel shirt, dress suit, pa jamas, and a half-dozen engagement rings. Life. POOR FELLOW. He I'm saddest when I sing. She Well, how do you suppose feel? The Limit. I'd like to dress my wife in silks. But goodness knows I can't afford to pay the price For silken hose. Detroit Free Press. He Had Noticed. "There is one notable thing I have observed," said the foreign lecturer. "Your American women have the most luxuriant hair of any women on the globe." Mats: shouted the irreverent in dividual from the back of the hall. Judge. Too Tall. She Is that friend of yours you are expecting a tall man? He About six feet two inches, do you ask? She Because in that case I whom Why shall have to dust the ornaments on top shelf. Royal Magazine. the Overburdened with Memory. "Your son tells me he is going to take lessons to cultivate his memory." "I hope not," answered Farmer Corn- tossel; "he can remember every fool tune that was ever whistled." Wash ington Star. Lived Too Long. Great Publisher Very sorry, sir, but your manuscript will not do. Old-Time Novelist Eh? What is the matter with it? Great Publisher It seems to have a plot. New York Weekly. Saving. "I wish my husband had a saving disposition," said one woman. "I wish mine hadn't," said the otner. "He smokes himself half to death in order to save tobacco cou pons." Washington Star. Knocking. Patient What have you been doing this afternoon? Doctor Merely killinc time. Patient How prescribing for It? Cleveland Leader. Her Father. "What did rather say when you ajkea klm for me?" "He dldnl tar amjthlag. H fell ea my nack aid wf Chicago lUcord H era! 4. If We it's because our customer wants some thing too cheap and too worthless for us to carry. We will not handle goods that are not worth 100 cents on the dollar. If you want the poor kind you'll have to go elsewhere. If you want the good kind, the reliable de pendable kind, then come to the store "where quality counts." C. E. Uescott's "Where Quality Counts." COL. NEVIUS IS ELECTED NEW JERSEY MAN MADE CHIEF OF THE GRAND ARMY. Only One Ballot Necessary Salt Lake City May Get the Next National Encampment. Toledo, O., Sept. 4. Col. Henry M. Kevins of Red Hank, X. J., was elected j commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic Thursday. The j election occurred on the first ballot, I which gave Mr. Xevius 1"1 votes com- pared with 2.11 for former (Jov Van ; Sant of Minnesota, and !0 for L. T. j Dickason of Illinois. On motion of j the former Minnesota executive Hie nomination o the New Jersey man ! was made unanimous. 0her officers were chosen as fol- j lows: Senior vice-commander, .1. Kent j Hamilton of Ohio; junior vice-coin- i mander, O. C. Royce of California; chaplain-in-chief, J. V. Spence of Ten- i nessee; surgeon-in-chief, (J. Lane Tan- I nehiil of Maryland. J. W. Stebbins of Alabama made a fight for junior vice-commander on the ground that the south, with 150, Q00 graves of union dead to care for should be represented on the national staff. W. M. Scott of Atlanta, Ga., the retiring Junior vice-commander, declared that the south, represented by J. F. Spence among the national officers, had every reason to be satis fied. He expressed his approval of the selection of the officers from wide ly separated sections of the country. The selection of a city for the next encampment will be made some time Friday, and although the weight tf sentiment so far expressed, is in favor of Salt Lake Ciy, this city is certain to meet with opposition. It is stated that stories that Atlanta ws after the encampment this year had been set afloat by unauthorized persons, but the retiring vice-commander de clared that when Atlanta's new audi torium was completed nex year his city would make a decided bid for the honor of entertaining the veterans. Col. Nevius, a native of New Jersey, was studying law with the late Rus sell A. Alger of Michigan when the war broke out, and enlisted from the state with the Lincoln cavalry. He rose to a commission with the Seventh Michigan and the 25th New York cav alry regiments, and lost an arm in front of Fort Stevens when the union army was engaged with Gen. Early, Col. Nevius, besides being twice de partment commander of New Jersey, has been a judge and president of the New Jersey state senate. The Woman's Relief Corps elected Mrs. W. L. Gillman of Roxbury. Mass., president. Cry i t.' ir1i Dcsi iime to oee the Southwest Every first and third Tues day of each month, low-priced homeseeker's excursions are run over the lines of the : : : Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain into the rich and resourceful farming regions of the South west. It is a splendid chance for the Northern and Eas tern farmer, tfter his wheat is gathered, to combine a pleasure and propecting trip. Write for rates and literature to HUGH NORTON, Agent. .1 M. P. Ry., Plattamouth, Neb. ose i. Sons HOARDED WEALTH if all right if kept in a secure place, but the; majority of the "unwise thrifty " prefer to hide their money, at home, or in some out-of-the-way place, in stead of intrusting it to the safe keeping of a reliable bank. We number among our depos itors some of the shewdest and most prominent commercial men in town - a x'act that fully attests our reliability. BANK OF CASS COUNTY, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. LEGAL NOTICE. I.V TUSTHICT ClirilT, Cass Cdcvtv, Nkh. I s"' In the matter of the OuardiarisMp of ieonr Leslie Hall a minor. Now on the 17th day of Auifutt. l!Hi. tiilH cause came mi hearing upon the ix-tition of ;eon.'e W. Hall, tniartliari. irayinir for lir-ensn to. sell tin; undivided one sixth interest of sni'l niinor in the following lands to-wit : Iyt (41 in the northeast uarterof the southeast "pmr ter of section (4) township ( VX) ra litre, .j in therity of I'lattsmouth. Nehraska: also thu west half of the southwest ouarter of se-tlon (i" township (:.') ratitre ('.',). in Jefferson coin,, ty, Nebraska, for the pin .-. uf reinvesting the prx.-eeds thereof to a hetter advantage for said minor. It is ordered that the next of kin and all ix-rsons interested in said matter i l'ar tK-fore me at t he iist rii-t court room on the :th day of Scptcmlier. at. ten 'o'clock, a. m., to show cause why a license should not tie framed to said iruardian as ahove sct.forth. That notice of the t ime and place of aliort heariiur he iriven to all ix-rsons Interested ,y publishing a copy of this order in the I'latts mouth Journal for three successive wwli prior to the tli day of September, H. Hauvev H. I. Tkavis, Judtre of the IJistrlcl Court. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. CTATE OF NEBRASKA. CASH COt NTV. ss. In county court, in th matter oT t-.f t ,i . I : . . 1 . 1 . I . , .1 Notice is hereby trlven that the creriit-ir t.t said deceased will meet the administrator of said estate, before me. county jude of Cawi county. Nebrraska, at the county court room in I'lattsmouth, in said county, on the 19th, day of September. l'.tOs, and tu the IWh dav of March, 19W), at 10 o'clock, a. m.. each day. for the purpose of presenting their claims for ex amination, adjustment and allowance. Six months are allowed for the creditors of I said deceased to present their claims, and one year for the administrator to nettle said es tate, from the ijnd day of Auirust, is". Wit i. ess by hand and seal of said county court, at i'lattsmouth. Nebraska, thisimd day of A utrusl. SKA!..) A LI EN J. HEESON. !.). Invvn-. I cut.' y J udire. Attorney for Estate. j final Settlement Notice. State of N hra.-ka. ' I County of C'a.ss, I in County Court, j In the matter of t he ; uardiafiship of Ixra M. l'lttuian and iiertna E. ril'.nian. Minors. To all pervons interested in the rnat'.erof the truaidianship of Ira M. l'itiman and Uertha E. 1'ittman, Minor-,: You are hereby notified that fi. II. Gilmor. inardian of Lora M. I'ittman and Iiertna E. I'ittman. minors, haa filed his report and p-tl -tion for final settlement and allowance of his final report and accounts. a.s to Lora M. Pitt man, minor, and for hi discharge a. ttuch iruardian over the person and etate of said Lora M. I'ittman. minor, and that a heaiiojr will be had thereon, at 10 o'clock a. m.. on t6 10th day of September. A . D.. 1st), at the oflice of the county j autre of said county. You are notified and required to file any and all objections In the matter on or before said boar of said day. Witness my hand and official seal thl 2nd day of September, A. R, 19u skal ALLEN J. BEF.SOV. County Jodff. RAMSET & Ramaet. Attorneys.