MEMORABLE
ANNIVERSARY
Celebration of Eighty-seventh Birth
day of Mrs. Mahala P. Graves
at Old Reck Bluffs.
I Itv S. I'ams.y
On Thursday, Sept. 21th, I'.io.H, at old
Kock UlufTs, Cass county, Nebraska, thcre" wa8 too much fun and jollity j 1au and Joseph Shera; Fern and Mar
fan anniversary was corn memorated that 1 arount there for church services. She j sha Iate3J Charles, James and Donald
will lomr remain in the rnemorv of each ! i : ,.i r.,...i v.-. Byers: Jess. Edd. Albert and Herman
participant.
It was the anniversary or. a
or Mrs
Mahala P. Craves, familiarly known
as "Grandma Craves," and com
memorated her 87th birthday. No
event in the history of Old Rock Rluffs
ever excited more interest, and which
pave more genuine heart pleasure and
enjoyment to the more than one hun
dred participants, than did this tribute
of honor, of respect, of veneration and
of love, for Grandma Graves.
There were there gathered a number,
whose heads too, were silvered with
time, and who had been near neighbors
and friends of Grandma Graves for
thirty-eight years.
One, not a relative, but a friend, was
there, who had known Grandma Graves
for almost forty-four years.
The writer well remembers the win
ter of lKlM-.l, when teaching in the old
Eikenbary (now Horning) school dis
trict, just south of Plattsmouth. It
was during this winter that a mutual
friendship with this most estimable
family was formed that has ever since
remained unbroken. A number of Mr.
fend Mrs. Graves' children were then
his rtunils. and it was a source of the
. . .
greatest pleasure to meet
one oi these
former pupils at this anniversary, Mrs.
Mary E. Rurnett. Another of these
chil hxn w:;s a pupil in that school, the
MRS. MAHALA
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late Hon. A. J. Graves, who was one ber 24, 1321, near Knowville, Knox
of the strongest attorneys of the Cass ; county, Tennessee, and was married in
County Bar. and for two years the able ' the same county on October 2, 1837,
prosecuting attorney of Cass county, j when just past sixteen to William W.
A number of the children were unable ; Graves, who was bom near the same
to attend, some on account of sickness, place on July 19, 1818, and who died at
while others resided too far away. On Rock Bluffs, April 6, 1895.
account of sickness "Alec" had to stay j They were the parents of twelve chil
at home, which, no doubt, was a great dren, of whom one died in infancy. The
disappointment, as he was one of the others, in order of birth, are as follows:
conspirators to surprise his mother. I Harriet E.Miller, resides near Glen-
junan i;. was unaoie to attend but i
tcui leiitH oi rtgrei io n:s moiner j
1 4 T a I
ana tne guests a very beautiful and
touching congratulatory letter to his
mother.
It is noteworthy that four of Grand
ma Graves' sons adopted professions.
Calvin M. a minister of the Gospel,
Andrew J. an attorney at law, Julian
D. an attorney at law and a prominent
leader of the prohibition party of the
Etate and nation; a candidate for su
preme judge last fall on the prohibition
ticket. Charles L., the baby of the
family, also an attorney at law and
editor and proprietor of the Union
Ledger, one of the best local papers
published in the state.
It may not have been exactly fair,
but Grandma Graves' daughter, Mrs.
Mary E. Burnett, ably assisted by a
lumber of Grandma's friends and
neighbors, formed a kind of conspiracy,
for the purpose of completely surpris
ing the loved and venerable lady.
On some plausible pretext, Grandma
w as induced to visit her son Alexander,
at Murray, the evening before. For
reason apparently satisfactory, "Alec,"
as he is familiarly called, convinced his
mother that it was best for her to re
main his guest for the night. In the
morning, Grandma insisted on return
ing to her home at Rock Bluffs so she
could attend to canning a supply of
peaches she had on hand.
On first sight of her home, she was
j surprised am' startled at the scene be
! fore her. Scores of men, women and
childien had taken possession of her
' home. The lawn was literally swarm
: irg with merry laughing and jolly re
latives, neighbors, friends. The streets
and barnyard were full of horses, bug
i gies H"d wagons, Grandma couldn't
understand just what it all meant. She
knew it could not be church meeting,
because it was not Sunday, and besides
.,.,. it w;t tlof s.nhiv nr! besides
sh hd not left ar.v one at home to die
while she was out at Alec's, and be-
sides, it
funeral.
was too jolly a crowd for a
She soon saw something else
a dining table about forty feet long,
erected under the shade trees on the
lawn. This table, covered with the
whitest of linen, and beautified with
flowers artistically arranged, was liter
ally loaded with the choicest and most
palatable edibles which Mrs. Burnett
and the ladies of Rock Bluffs and
vicinity know so well how to prepare,
But Grandma could not long be mis-
tified. She soon understood. It was
her 87th birthday.
And then around that festal board
loaded with the choicest and the best,
girlhood, boyhood, young manhood,
young womanhood, middle age and yet
others still older all had gathered
more than one hundred of us, and we
feasted until we could feasj no more,
and still their remained enough for
another feast. Rut we did more than
eat. We visited with each other as we
had never visited before. Early pioneer
! days had come back to us older ones,
and we all got young again, including
i our lnvfrl find venpralilf friend Clrnnrl
i '
ma Graves.
Biographical and Chronological.
Mahala P. Graves was born Septem
.41
P. GRAVES
wood la - AWanrW
H., resides at
M., Methodist
Murray, Neb.; Calvin
minister, resides at Wapeto, state of
Washington; Orlena J., died in Mills
county, la., in 1S65; Elbert Lawson, re
sides at North Yakima, state of Wash
ington; Andrew J., lawyer, died in
Plattsmouth. October 1906; Julian D.,
lawyer, resides at Peru, Neb.; Mary E.
Burnett, resides near Rock Bluffs; Al
vin Shered, resides at Chicago; Ellen O.
Lacy, died in Omaha in 1900; Charles
L., lawyer, resides at Union, Neb.
In 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Graves removed
from Tennessee to Mills county, la.
After a few years they moved to Mis
souri, where they resided for some time.
In 1864 they settled in Cass county,
Neb., some three miles south of Platts
mouth, where they resided until 1868,
when they removed to Salem, Neb.
Here they resided until the spring of
1870, when they located in the flourish
ing little city of Reck Bluffs, and which
has been the home of Grandma Graves
for the last thirty-eight years.
The following named, were present
from Rock Bluffs: Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Patterson, Mrs. Joseph Sans, Mr. and
Mrs. John Campbell; Mrs. Thomas
Smith, Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. William
Shera, Mrs. Charles Byers, Mrs. Lemon
Bates, Mrs. Charles Welch, Mrs. At
lanta Cabel, Mr. and Mrs. George
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kohrell, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Ranard, Mr. and Mrs,
Mark white, Mr. and Mrs. Burnett, the
Misses Ora, Winnie, Florence and Mag-j
pie Hutcheson, Hula Sans, Stazle, j
Marie and Mabel Sullivan, Millie Lee, j
Stacia Warga, Minnie and Marie Klinne, j
Magpie Marsh, Kosa Baker; Pansy,
Margie and Anna Bates, Ernia Shera. j
Fayne Byers, Ellie Patterson, Althea 1
Kohrell, Walter Ryers, Ernest Hutche-j
son, Will Smith, Mark Lee, John War J
pa, Claud Hutcheson, Earl Smith, Vern
: Hutcheson; Ivan, Frank and John Smith,
I Kohrell, Marion Patterson and Palph
i uanara
rrora riaiismoum: juage ana ivirs.
Archer, Mr. and Mrs. Basil S. Ramsey,
i rrv ti a. t l i
Miss Stanfield Jones, Mrs. Sam Smith,
Mrs. William Gilmour, Mrs. William
Taylor, Mrs. Polly Karnes, Mrs. Nancy
Martin, Mrs. Robert Karnes, Mrs. Har
rison Smith, Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs.
Isbel.
From Murray: Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
White, Mrs. James Walker, Mrs. David
J. Pittman. Mrs Al Kennedy, Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Lewis, Mr. Arch Holmes, Mr,
Frank Young, sr., Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Slagel, May Lewis and Lloyd
Lewis.
From Kenosha: L. B. Brown, Mrs
Andy Campbell, Mrs. Frank Campbell,
Oscar Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Fitch, sr., and Mr. and Mrs. John
Wyatt.
From Mynard: Mrs. Doss Roberts,
Miss Eva Porter, Alma and Charlotte
Roberts.
From Union; Charles L. Graves and
Alva Stites.
Also: Mrs. Ursula Smith, Newton,
la. ; Mrs. George Wilson, Walthill, Neb. ;
Mr. Andy Graves, Bellvue, Neb.
If the names of any guests present
do not appear, the omission is uninten
tional, as special efforts were made to
secure the names of all present at this
eighty-seventh anniversary.
Doings in District Court.
In the injunction case of Falter vs.
Schneider et al. Judge Travis after a
hearing entered a final decree in favor
of the plaintiff in accordance with the
prayer of the petition. This is the case
wherein J. P. Falter sought to restrain
Register of Deeds Schneider from re
cording deeds to certain property of his
which he had conveyed to parties in
Oklahoma, receiving in return land for
which they had no title.
In the case of the State vs. Edward
Downey, Geo. Wilson and Percy Fern-
aid, the defendants were called in open
court but came not and their recogniz
ance was declared forfeited. The per
gonal recognizance of B. E. Hill and
his wife, Irene Hill, witnesses in the
case were also declared forfeited lor
non-appearance. This is the case
against the parties from Cedar Creek
bound over for trial upon the charge of
assault with intent to do great bodily
harm upon Hill, the salacious details of
which regaled the public several weeks
ago when the preliminary examination
was held before Justice Archer. The
outcome of the case is such that prob
ably nothing more will be done in the
matter as both the complaining witness
and his wife have fled the country leav
ing the county attorney with nothing
to try the case on, and the three de
fendants have also disappeared leaving
their attorney who is one of the bonds
men to convince the court that he ought
not to pay the bond.
Is Much Better.
A. R. Young and wife were among
those going to Omaha where Mrs.
Young will be given treatment by a
specialist. It will be recalled that Mr.
Young was summoned several days
since to come to Omaha on account of
the serious condition of his wife. Upon
one day last week Mrs. Young was
operated on and had quite a serious
time, being very low at one time but
rallying and improving so that she could
return to her home last Saturday. She
is still very weak but it is confidently
believed that she will now continue to
improve and will soon be entirely well
of her illness. This is the fervent hope
of her friends who rejoice that her
progress has been so marked
Hears From John Wayman.
President P. E. Ruffner of the Bryan
club Wednesday was in receipt of a
etter from John Wayman, formerly of
this city, extending his congratulations
upon Mr. Ruffner's selection as Presi
dent of the club and enclosing him some
plans the club at Wyandotte, Mich.,
where he is now located, are using. The
club which he referred to has sixteen
hundred members which is some club,
and Mr. Ruffner will put their plan of
organization into immediate effect. It
had been a long time since he had
heard from Mr. Wyman and he was
glad to find him so enthusiastic for the
great Commoner.
A Severe Accident.
John Kopp while raising a wheel at
the shops Tuesday by means of a
crane suffered a severe injury. The
cause of the accident was the wheel
slipping from the crane, causing it to
swing around and catch him across the
nose, fracturing the organ and giving
him a severe blow. Medical aid was
had immediately and every effort made
to furnish him relief for the injured
member.
BRYAN AND KERN
CLUB MEETING
A Large Number Present Last Night
and Enthusiasm Reigned.
The Bryan and Kern club held a
largely attended and enthusiastic meet
ing Monday eve. at the council chamber
at which arrangements were put under
way to secure permanent headquarters
for the remainder of the campaign and
other important business was transact
ed. In the absence of President Ruff
ner, Vice President Lutz presided.
Later, Mr. Ruffner came in and was
greeted with applause when he took
the chair. The matter of securing a
permanent meeting place was taken up
and several available rooms were talk
ed of, the final choice being left to a
committee of three to be appointed by
the president. There were a number
of enthusiastic speeches delivered,
among the speakers being County
Chairman Livingston, H. E. Wilson, D.
C. Morgan and M. Archer. The latter
gentleman made quite an extended ad
dress, touching upon most of the issues
in the present campaign in a most lucid
and interesting way. He treated the
tariff, guaranty of bank deposits, the
panic, election of United States senators
by the people and other topics without
gloves and was greeted with much ap
plause throughout his speech.
C. N. Seybert, candidate for county
commissioner, was present and made a
short address to the voters assembled
upon the general outlook, and after
wards held an impromptu reception for
those who had not met him. He made
a most excellent impression and left
many behind him who are enthusiastic
in his behalf.
W. C. Ramsey, candidate for county
attoruey, also was present and spoke
at length on the rosy hue of the cam
paign and the good prospects for a
great democratic victory. He had can
vassed a good portion of the county
and was quite sangu;ne of success not
alone for himself and the county ticket
but believed the people favored the
great Christian statesman and Com
moner W. J. Bryan.
It was decided to appoint a standing
committee on speakers and the chair
named M. Archer, W. B. Elster and D.
C. Morgan as such a committee. The
committee after conferring together
announced that they would secure D.
O. Dwyer if possible, lor an address at
the next meeting. Owing to the un
certainty in regard to when permanent
quarters could be secured, the meeting
adjourned subject to the call of the
president.
May Open New Store
W. C. Erwin of Chicago, Illinois, who
has been in the city for several days
looking the field over with a view of
opening up a book and stationery store
in the room now occupied by the Weid
man fire sale, was a passenger on the
fast mail for Omaha this noon. Mr,
Erwin comes to the city bearing high
recommendations and has the appear
ance of being a hustling and energetic
young man. It is understood to be his
intention to put in a full line of i.ovel
ties, fancy goods, notions etc in addit
ion to a good line of books and station
ery and good news stand. Arrangments
have not been completed for the estab
lishment of the store but it'Jis believed
such an arrangement will be closed
soon.
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS
Do Not Endanger Life When a Platts
mouth Citizen Shows You
the Cure.
Why will people continue to suffer
the agonies of kidney complaint, back
ache, urinary disorders, lameness, head
aches, languor, why allow themselves
to become chronic invalids, when a cer
tain cure is offered them?
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy to
use, because it gives to the kidneys the
help they need to perform their work.
If you have any, even one, of the
symptoms of kidney diseases, cure
yourself now, before diabetes, dropsy
or Bright's disease sets in. Read this
Plattsmouth testimony:
P. Al. Lindsay, living on Marble
Street, between Sixth and Seventh
streets, Plattsmouth, Neb., says: "Off
and on for about two years I had pains
in my back and at times was much an
noyed on account of it. While at work,
which requires me to be on my feet
most of the time, a dull, persistent
aching distressed me. I had reason to
believe that the trouble was due to a
disordered condition of my kidneys but
though I tried several kidney remedies,
I derived no benefit until I was told of
Doan's Kidney Pills and procured a
box at Gering & Co's drug store. The
results obtained from their use proved
that they were just the remedy my
system required, I accordingly got a
second box. Improvement in my con
dition followed and to such an extent
that I can unhesitatingly endorse the
claims made for Doan's Kidney Pills."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
RpmpmW th nnm Dnnn'a and
taKe no otner.
BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF SAUNDERS
COUNTY, NEBRASKA.
In tin' Malli riif tin- Ortran- )
IMl ion of tin Suit, 4'ri-t-k
Vullr.v 1 1 ;iin;iiM- llsli ( I.
Ni (TICK
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To All Wliom It May Concern:
I'n reliant to an onli i of tin- Itoanl of County
Coiiiini-sloin i of Miuixlers County. N'lru-ka.
muilf ami t'iitn'd on Si-iitt'inlx-r i'i. anil
ly virtue of I Ik' authority vested in me the
statuteof the state of Nebraska hereinafter
lescri!el, I . A. N. Klmeluini, County C lei k of
Saunders County, Nehraska. lo heieliy iriw
notice that on Seitemler I mm. A. It. I'liller.
CIihs. Miller. Matvarel I.. Wollen. Mary K.
.lcMersen. A It a V. Titus. . K. Hays. A. T.
Marrow. O. A. Keetle. C. Keellc. . Weddell.
II. W. Meinsen, S. II. IMler. Carl Stander.C.
It. Keetl. . A. .1. Kol.t.lns. .1 . II. Keetle anil Nel
son ShetTer did lite in the otlice of t he Count y
Clerk of Saunders County, Nehraska. their
IM'tition In writing and also their Uuul with
surety thereon, all In manner and form as ly
law required, and which said ImiimI ami the
surety thereon was on said date hy me ap
proved, t he object and prayer of said ih Iiiioii
leinr for the organisation of said salt Creek
Valley ItrainaKe District, and said iietttion
Ix'intr tiled under the provisions of an Act of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska, un
proved by the Governor thereof on Matcher.
r.1'7. entitled:
"An Act to provide for drainage districts to
drain wet laud; and land subject tooveitlow:
and any land which will be improved hy drain
age; to build dykes and levees: to Construct,
st l atrhten. widen, deepen or alter any ditch,
drain, stream, or watercourse; to riprap or
ot lierwise protect t he bank of any stream or
ditch; to const t uct . cnlatve, extend, improve
or maintain any drainage system ; to const met,
enlartre. extend, improve or maintain any sys
tem of control of surface water or runnint;
water: and I lie l itrbts. obligations and imhcis
of such coriHii at ions including.' the jHiwer of
eminent domain, t he ci eat ion of debts, issuing
of nc'ot iable bonds, and t he levying of special
assessments on such real est ate and easements
therein as may be benetilted by such public
work, and dciiniui? the duties and poucisof
public otlicials."
That the boundaries of said proiNised Sail
Creek Valley I iraiuatre I list rid as lived and
determined by said Itoanl of County ( 'ommis
sioners of Saunders t 'oiuity. Nebraska, by said
order entered on September lit, I'.HiS. are as fol
lows, to-wil :
(All townships referred to below are in
l.'ane N ine Kat of t he Si t h I'riiicipal M i-rid-ian,
unless otherwise indicated. Township
No. l.'l North lianire No. 10 Kast or the Sixth I".
M.. ami Township No. lit North Ifanue No. :
l-.iist of t lie Sixth P. M.. and Sections ne to
Tweive. both inclusive in Township No. 1
Nort li. Uantre No. it Kast of the Sixth I". M..
are in Saunders County. Nebraska. The bal
ance of said Township No. 1:.' and all other
Townships beli w referred t o a re i u Cass Con n
ty. Nebraska.)
Comincncinir at a iwiint on the line forinini.'
t he nort li bou ndary line of Sections id and '.'.'.
in Towim'iip No. i;i Noil li. Kant"' lit Kast of the
Sixth 1. M.. where the west bank of I be Plat i e
IJiver intersects said north boundary line,
thence West alontrthc north bmindaiy line of
said Sections:!! and i!:.' ami Sect ion .';i in Town
ship 1."! Noil h, I autre :i Kast of t he Sixl li P. M..
to the northwest corner of said Section W;
t heni-e soul li iilon'-T I he v. est line of said Sec
lion ::ti to tie nort hea.st corner of t lie si nil heast
iiuarter of I he smit beast iniarter of Sect ion :."
in said Township Ki: thence west to the center
of the southeast iiuarter of said Section X:
thence soul li to the southwest, corner of the
southeast iiuarter of the sou heast iiuarter of
said Section .V: thence east alonir the south
line of siiid Sect ion :." to the northeast corner
of Sect ion 'J. in Township 1:.': t hence sunt li one
block aloiitr I he cent er li ne of I on i t h Si reel in
the City of Ashland. Nebraska, to the center
of t he intersect ion of I'ourth Street and Pearl
Street ill said City; thence cast two blocks
alontr llie center line of Pearl street to the
center of the Intersect ion of Pearl street and
Second st feet in said City: t lience sout h I hree
blocks aloiiH the center line of Second st reel
to t he center of t lie intersect ion of Second and
I ak st reels in Said Cit y : t hence west one block
alone t he center line of oak street lothecen
1er of the intersect ion of ( )ak and Third st reels
in said City: thence sout li time blocks alontr
the center line of Third st reel to I he center of
llie intersect ion of Third and I ey streets in
said Cit y ; thence west t hree I 1' cks a lout-' t he !
center line of Dey st reel to the center of the
intersection of Iey and Sixth streets in said j
City: t hence north one block a'ontr t he center i
line of Sixth street 1o t lie center of the inter
sect ion of Sixth and Sil ver st reels in said Cit y: '
thence west three blocks alonir the center lnie
of Sliver st reet to t he center of the intersec
tion of Sil ver and Ninth streets in said City;
t hence sout h two blocks alone the center line
of said Ninth street in said City to the east
and west center line of Section -J in Township
1: thence west alonir the east and west center
line of Sections 2 and .'5 of said Township No. 1
to the southeast corner of the west half of the
northwest iiuarter of said Section :): thence
not th one-half mile to the north line of said
Sections: thence west alone the north line of
said Section 3 and also Section 4 in said Town
Ship No. 12 to the nort h west corner of said Sec
tion 4: t hence south to the center of the west
line of said Section 4: thence west to t he cen
ter of Section 5 in said Township number 12;
thence sout li to the center of the south line of
said Section ;; thence west alone the south
line of said Section 5 to the nort heast corner
of the west half of the northwest iiuarter of
Section S in said Township l'J: thence south
one mile to the southeast corner of the west
one-half of t he southwest iiuarter of said Sec
tion s: thence east alone the south line of said
Section s to the northeast corner of the west
half of the northeast iiuarter of Section 17 in
said Township 12; thence south lothe south
east corner of the west half of the northeast
iiuarter of said Sect ion 17: thence west to the
center of the west line of said Section 1 1 ; thence
south alone the west line of said Section 1
and Section 20 in said Township No. 12 to the
southwest corner of said Section 20: thence
west alone the north rioundary line of Sex-lion
30 in said Township No. 12 to the northwest
corner of the northeast quarter of the north
east ijuarter of said Section 30: thence south to
the center of the northeast quarter of said
Section 30; thence due west to the north and
south center line of said Section thence due
south alone said north and south center line
to the northeast corner of the southeast uuar
ter of the southwest quarter of said Section
30; thence west to the northwest corner of the
southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of
said Section 30: thence south alone the west
boundary line of said Section 30 and Section 31
in said Township No. 12 and Section 6 In Town
ship No. 11. to the center of the west boundary
line of said Section 6; thence east to the north
east corner of the northwest quarter of the
southwest iiuarter of said Section : thence
south to the center of the southwest quarter
of said Section 6: thence east to the center of
the southeast quarter of said Section t: thence
south to the center of the south line of the
southeast quarter of said Section ti: thence
east to the southeast corner of said Section 6:
thence north to the center of the east line of
said Section 6: thence west to the southwest
corner of the southeast quarter of the north
east quarter of said Section ti: thence north to
the southwest corner of trie southeast quarter
of the northeast quarter of Section 31 in Town
ship No. 12: thence east to the southeast corner
of the southwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of Section 32 in said Township No. 12:
thence north to the center of the northwest
quarter of satd sect ion .'52; thence east to the
northeast corner of the southeast quarter of
the northwest quarter of said Sect ion 32: thence
north to the center of the north line of said
Section 32; thence east to the southeast corner
of the southwest quarter of the southeast quar
ter of Section 2y in said Township No. 12:
thence north to the. center of the southeast
uarter of said Section 2V: thence east to the
center of the southwest quarterof Section 2 in
Township No. 12: thence north to the northeast
corner of the northwest quarter of the south
west quarter of said Section 2s; thence east to
the northeast corner of the northwest quarter
of the southeast quarter of said Section 2:
thence north to the northeast corner of the
nort h west quarter of the northeast quarter of
said Section 2: thence west to the center of
the north line of said Section 2: thence north
to the center of Section 21 in said Township No.
12: thence east to the center of the east line of
said Section 21: thence north alone the east
boundary line of said Section 21 and Section 1H
in said Township No. 12 to the northeast cor
ner of said sect ion It: thence east alone the'
north line of Sections 15 and 14 in said Town
ship No. 12 to the center of the north boundary
line of said Section 14: thence north to the
northwest corner of the southwest quarterof
the southeast quarter of Section 11 in Town -
ship No. 12: thence east to the northeast cor-
nerofthe southeast quarter of the southeast
quarter of said Section II; thence north to the
northeast corner or said section 11: thence
west alone the north line of said Section 11 to
a point where the same intersects the south
east boundary line of the rieht of way of the
Chicaeo. Murlineton& Quincy Kailroad Com
pany: thence alone the southeast lioundary
line of the rieht of way of said I he Chicaeo.
Murlineton tc Quincy Kailroad Company in a
northeasterly direction to a point eiehty rods
south of the north line of Section 1 in said
Township No. 12: thence due east to the east
boundary line of said Section 1: thence north
to the northeast corner of said Section 1 : thence
east alone the north line of Section 6 In Town
ship No. 12 North, Ranee 10 East of the Sixth
M.. to a point one hundred feet west of the
west bank of Salt Creek where said stream
crosses sn Id north boiimlpiy line: thence f .1
lowlnelhe meMiiilf fines of said Sail Creek a' :i
distance of one hundred feet southwest fioi
the southwest bank thereof to lis jillict on
with the main channel of the plat le Ki v.m :
I bene)' followine t he west hank of said m ini
channel of the Platte K'lver In its ineaudei 'lr.e
Ina northwesterly diiectlop to the ixiliit of
U'einulue: the larecsl rlloii of the land in
cluded within said lxillnl:i i les lie I ne loi'at ill
.-auiiders t "mini y. Nebraska
All landowners within the U u mhi I ics of
said proiosi'ii Salt Creek Valley I iraiuaee I ts
I rlit and al I ot hers concerned are beieby no
t Hied t bat ail election will U- held on Moniliv.
Oct. 2t!th. Hits, between the bonis of eleht
o'clock A. M. and six o'clock P. .l .. al t he of
ticc of t he Count y Clerk of Saunders Count v.
Nebraska, in tin- County Court House at.
Wahooin said county: that at said election
the question of the formation of said s.tlt
Creek Valley lralnuee IMsttli t shall Im de
termined, and a hoard of tlveilireiMors shall be
elected, said iMiiird to take ollh e cunt iiik'i n 1 1 v
on t he formation of said dlst rlct .
In witness whereof I have hereunto s;ii-si-rlU
d my name and attached my otlicial seal
as County Clerk of Saunders County, Nebiss
ka. at my office in the County Court House at
YYahoo in said County this September .'ill, I. -lis.
A. N. Kl.M KI.I'.Ml.
Count y Clerk of Saunders Count v.
ISKAI.I Nebraska.
POLLARD IS UN
ABLE TO PROCEED
Crowd in Front of Lindell Hotel at
Lincoln Wants to Know His
Stand on Cannon.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. .'!.- In front of
the Lindell Hotel .shortly after 1)
o'clock tonight, ('onfjrrcssnuin K. M.
Pollard was driven from the sturr:.
Cries of "Will you vote for Joe Can
non?" assailed hirn when he had spoken
for a few moments. They became so
persistent that he stopped after a few
minutes of embarassed oratory. He
was attemptinir t defend the republi
can stand on the labor question.
I'ollard jumped into an automobile
and was whisked away followed by
cries of "dodder" and "four-flusher."
Led by Frank Harrison and a number
of other republicans postal cards have
been mailed to Nehawka and hundreds
have asked I'ollard for a declaration on
the Cannon question. They wish a f
itive statement one way or the other,
and so far I'ollard has evaded all re
plies. Private Secretary Clapp usually
answers the inquirers and explains that
his chief is out of the city and the
queries will be answered at some other
time.
Has Hand Cadly Smashed.
Yesterday afternoon, during the hur
ry and bustle incidental to publication
day, Thos. A. Moore, linotype operator
in the Enterprise cilice, sustained an
injury which will deprive hirn of the
full use of his left hand for some little
time. He was enpaged in remedyir.cj
the friction clutch on the linotype.
j which had become refractory and did
j not perform its proper duties, and
j while so doing1, the clutch, being faulty,
oecame reieaseu, tnrowing the power
onto the mechanism of the machine-.
With great presence of mind, and while
the hand was being crushed, he closed
the handle governing the clutch with
his right hand, but failing to work, the
wheels passed around.
The injured member was immediate
ly dressed by Dr. Draper, and fortun
ately, while the flesh was fearfully
crushed and lacerated, no bones were
found to be broken.
BROTHERS MEET
THEIR SISTER
Anton and John Letovsky Conclude
Visit With Their Sister.
John Letovsky and brother Antor.,
who have been visiting in the city for
several days, the guest of their sister
Mrs. Jas. Burianek, departed for their
respective homes this noon on the mail.
John going to his home at Lawrence.
Neb. and Anton returning to Ledger
wood, N. D. The two brothers met
last week for the first time in many
years when Anton accompanied by hi3
sister visited John at Lawrence. Johr.
Letovsky was formerly a resident cf
this city and moved to Lawrence sever
al years ago, taking up land at that
point. For several years he had a hari
struggle with adversity, but has now
conquered and is a prosperous farmer
with land which he obtained for a sor.
now very valuable. Anton Letovsky i
a well-to-do farmer near Ledgerwood,
N. D., almost on the Minnesota line in
the Red Ri ver Valley. This is one of
the wheat countries of the world and L?
also a great potato land. While the
season in that section has been quite
dry, they have still raised a good wheat
crop while the potato crop is above the
average. Both gentlemen greatly en
joyed their visit with their sister ani
were very glad to be together once
more.
A Painful Injury.
A bad accident Wednesday morn
ing at the shops by which Mike Prew
lost the end of the thumb. Preis bad
been engaged in grinding a chisel on a
grindstone and in some manner the
chisel slipped catching his thumb be
tween the stone and the chisel and
grinding the end of the thumb off.
The injury was a very severe and pain
ful one and the services of the company
physician were call into requisition. He
bandaged and dressed the injured mem
ber making it as comfortable as pos
sible, but it will be sometime before
Mike will be able to go to work.
