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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1908)
LOUISVILLE ON THE BOOM Courier Praises Hugh Murphy and His Enterprise It was a great thing for Louisville 1 when Hugh Murphy, one of the larg est paving and construction contract ors in the west, bought the old Stout quarries. Already he has spent over $40,000 in stripping off the earth from the surface to get down to the rich deposits of limestone, and it is said that he has let an additional 140,000 contract for stripping. Hugh Murray Isn't a man to throw good money to the winds and has the rep utation of knowing what he is do ing, which is proof that he means to make the Louisville quarries hum with cyclones of industry as soon as he gets the stripping done. The great crushers he will install will be the most modern to be obtained, and the output will be in excess of anything that has ever drifted our way in the quarry line. Just how many hun dreds of men Mr. Murphy will give employment to has not as yet been determined by him, but it Is safe to say there will soon be several hun dred new faces seen on the streets of Louisville who will draw their money on the Hugh Murray pay roll. Will Item-fit Louisville. The benefit to Louisville to be de rived from the establishment oj ex tensive quarries, such as the Mur phy quarries, can not be other than the greatest moment to our town. It takes strong men to do the work in a quarry, and strong men must have food and clothing. With many of these new employes will come their families, and thus our business men will reap a benefit and our popu lation materially increased. Louis ville is certainly to be congratulated on having a man like Hugh Murphy interested in it, for he is not only a good, energetic, business man but a man who has a heart as large as an ox. Aside from Mr. Murphy there are sveral others who are Interested in stone quarries near Louisville, all of which are employing a number of men. Then there arc the sand pits and clay banks, all contributing their share in making Louisville one of the best towns in the state of Ne braska. May Krcct lluildings. There Is one thing that Mr. Mur phy, it is hoped, will do, and that Is to erect a number of cottages for the occupancy of his employes and his families . He owns the tract of land that buts up to the east of town, adjoining the Hurllngton rail road tracks, a portion of which is so situated that most desirable building spots (an be had. It is reported that Mr. Murphy has the plan under ad visement. To think of a thing with Hugh Murphy is, as a rule, to do It. It is to be hoped that he has thought along the cottage line and will act. If he doesn't erect the cottages some one else should. Everyone one of them will rent the moment it is ready for occupancy. If anyone thinks there are empty houses to be had for the asking let him start out to rent one. The stripping at the Murphy quar ry Is being pushed as fast as possi ble and when completed an inex haustlve supply of glistening white limestone will be ready for the crushers, and the quarrymen who will put it in shape for building and foundation purposes. Louisville Courier. Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens -Irwin's. Books popular copyrights, .'0c-Invln'e. ing at Auction r We will Positively Close Our Doors Salurday Night, Dec. 26th and Quit Business A Great Opportunity to Supply Your X-Mas Wants at a Big Saving Commencing Monday, Dec. 7th OUR Entire Stock of Clothing and Furnishing Goods will be Sold at Auction to the highest bidder. We will hold auction sales every afternoon at 2:oo and every evening at 7:oo o'clock Nothing reserved, no by-bidders. Come and buy what you want at your own price. Captain Fowler, the silver tongued auctioneer, will conduct the sale, and you will find him a lively entertainer. We close our doors and quit business Sat urday night, Dec. 26th, and don't want to have anything left if we can help it. Don't Hiss the Package Sale Our auctioneer will tell when it occurs Remember the Date, and Don't Forget Everything Goes to the Highest Bidder KRAFT CLOTHING CO, Plattsmouth, Nebraska For that Dandruff There is one thing that will cure it Ayer's Hair Vigor. It is a regular scalp-medicine. It quickly destroys the germs which cause this disease. The unhealthy scalp becomes healthy. The dandruff disap pears, had to disappear. A healthy scalp means a great deal to you healthy hair, no dan druff.no pimples.no eruptions. The belt kind of a tflitlmonlal "Sold iur over txty yeuri." A MwU by J. O. Ayor Co., Low.ll, Mmt. Ai.o m.uuraoiurtr or 7 SARSAPARILU. PILLS. CIILKRY PLCT08AL. yers t hoi It ten g st thr.ugh with WlllUm ' ho will be turned over to the Mills' county officers, b.it this may bo i some years hence. Williams Is In - i tween 2.' a nil ;:) years ell mil Is doubtless in wlili a gang (f -i rse 1 thieves, i One Interesting document found on the person of Williams was h rail nmil pa:; for Mr. mid Mrs. Charles j Wlliams issued hy the (ileal North- , orn road. A RESPECTED CITIZEN DIES May Yet Save llio lyo. The report published some days since in the Journal to the effect that the operation upon Jos. Mr Curl hy, the young man who was ho bail 1 y burned In the explosion at the Ilurlington brass foundry, had re vealed the faet that his left eys was probably lost seems to have been premature, as the latest reports are to the effect that he will possibly re cover the tiln lit of both eyes. This Is not certain but he still has a fair chance. The operation v. Iiicb was referred to consisted of graft ing sltin upon the burned eyelid. It did not relate to the sight, the sav ing of which is still a problem. When his wife left him Saturday evening, the doctors Intimated that there was a fair outlook for saving the eye but there was no absolute assurance that this could he done. It is It) he hoped that their optomistic views are sus tained uuil that the yoiinn man soon recovers the sight of both eyes. In uny event It means he is bound to be confined to the hospital for sev eral weeks and that his recovery will be slow and uncertain. GOT HORSE THIEF Missouri Officers Capture Man Who Stole Iowa Team. The Imprudent scamp ami nervy rascal that stole a team aaud outfit from the A. K. Jones livery barn at Pacific Junction on Sunday, Novem ber 15, is now in Jail nt Skidmore, Mo., with several terms In the peni tentiary staring him in the face. One of the things that led to his capture was a postal rnrd printed at the Tribune office, giving a close description of the man that registered at the Peyton house and who later took the team from the Jones barn. Sheriff Linvllle Bent these cards out to officers In all directions. He sent one card to his rousln W. H. Linvllle, cashier at the bank at Skid more. This was the one that did the business. When the thief registered at the Junction hotel he gave the name of Charles Williams. From documeents found on his person this is evidently his right name, although he declared when arrested at Skidmore that his name was Will Kips. On Saturday Williams was si lling a horse to a man at Skidmore. The purchaser told Cashier Linvllle that ho was about to buy the horse and that he would give a check, which carlred with It the necessity of Iden tlficatlon on the part of the stranger before he could secure the cash and furthermore stated that ho believed the horse had been stolen. At this Linvllle bethought him self of the card sent to him by bis cousin Sheriff Linvllle. The man and the description on the enrd were compared. It tallied close. He was arrested and Sheriff Linvllle notified. Accompanied by A. It. Jones and George Llvengood, the man In charge of the Jones bam and the one of whom the stranger got the team, Sheriff Linvllle wont to Skidmore on Saturday night. There Mr. Liven- good had no hesitation In Identifying Williams. II. 1). Perry, a liveryman of Dear born, Mo., was also there nt Skid more nnd Identified Williams as the mnn who had stolen a team from blm c.n lieceniber 3. Col. Frank Jackson, the Chnwood Insurance mnn, also turns out to be a victim of Williams. About two nionihs ago Mr. Jackson bought a sorrel horse from Williams for which he paid blm $40. The owner of this horse prows to be C. II. Yount of lilgcluw, Mo., nnd the animal was one of two horses stolen on August !i. Yount will he here this week to get Ills horse nnd Col Jackson will mourn the loss of his forty plunks. Wllllnnis doggedly denies his guilt nnd of course refuses to tell what disposition he made with the Jones team. After the Missouri nu- L. A. Moore Is it business lsl tor In Omaha this afternoon going up on (he fast mail at noon. Wm. W. Slater, Former Coun oilman And Marshal, Passes Away. SvkH DUorco. A petition has been tiled in dis trict court hy Blanche Pratt asking for a divorce from her husband Mark W. Pratt. Itlauche alleges that she married the defendant on January 12, IIMI.I and that It has taken just about five years to coin luce her that he was not the match she want ed. She alleges the event trans pired at Auburn this state and every thing went on nil right until lieceni ber, l'.in,ri, when Mark began the hab it of swearing at her In a course, vulgar voice and threatened her with different and extremely painful things and doings. When all this took phu e Itlauche ad Mark were res idents of Douglas, Otoe county, Ne braska. In March. I'.MIN. I hey re moved to this country where Mark continued to make n burden of Itlanclie's life until she refused to bear with him. It seems from the petition Mark has also refused to support her and that she has fro- illently I u compelled to subsist on short rations. There is one child, I be result of the union, named Kslher who Is living with the mother under a written agreement between the parlies. The petition prays for a di vorce an I alimony but curiously enough does not ask for the custody of the child, i'. (). Dwyer is council for the plaintiff. Yul Ilurkol and little son are looking at the corn show in Omaha today and the young man Is Inci dentally looking for Santa Clans. Kodaks - tiering ti Co. We Sell on the positive guarantee that if it does not give sat isfaction we will return the entire amount of money paid us for it. We ask all those who are run-down, nervous, debili tated, aged or weak, and every person suffering from stubborn colds, hanging-on coughs, bronchitis or incipi ent consumption to try Vinol with this understanding. GERING & CO., Druggists, Plilltnoulli, Nebraika. Died - Slater. William Wilson, at his home In Pluttsmout h, Neb, on Dec. lt, litis, aged til years, 7 mouths and 17 days of oc.ema of the lungs. One of the best known anil most popular citizens of this city bleat bed his last, last owning when William W. Slater passed Into the Croat llo yond. Mr. Slater has been In III health for a number of years and the news of his death did not come to his friends as a great surprise for he had been warned by his physi cian that death might occur at any time. A sufferer from lung trouble, he had bravely fought off the dis ease and, although be had boon warned t lint exertion probably meant his cud he had continued to attend to his several duties until Hie end came. lie had been looking after the fur nace In the Methodist church anil last night about seven o'clock he re paired to that edifice with the In trillion of firing up Hie furnace for the evening services. This he did but it proved to he his last act. Later I toy Thompson found him ly ing across the door to the furnace room unconscious and Immediately he called Mr. Slater's physician who hurried to his aid only to find there was no hope. Dr. Cook arrived just in time to see til 111 breathe his last without ever regaining conscious ness. William Wilson Slater was born in Walorville, VI , on April 111, I S I I, where he lived until the outbreak of the civil war when bo enlisted In the Colon army, becoming a member of Co. I, Second Vermonl Infantry. His enlistment was for I lie term of the war and throughout that terri ble conflict he served as a gallant soldier, returning to his home with all the honors which go to a good soldier nnd a bravo man. On I h i ember .'in, still, he was married to Miss Horn Leach at Fletcher, Yl. There were no child ren born to the union. His widow survives him and in addiilon there were four sisters, l.: Mrs. M;iry Campbell of St. Paul. Minn; Mrs. Amelia Potter, llakersrield, Yt . Mrs. Jennie Hubbard, F.lgln. Ill , ami Mrs. Nela Leach. Littleton, N. M. Coining to Nebraska In s, Mr. and Mrs. Slater located In this city whole be entered the employ of the Itiirliiigton road, taking a position In the supply department. ('or sev enteen years Mr. Slater was consid ered one of that company's most trustworthy employes. Later ho was elected a member of the city coun cil of the Fifth ward serving in that body for six years all told and making a record of a man of careful dis cerning Judgment and excellent abil ity as a city officer. Later lie was appointed as city marshal serving three years and making a record for good Judgment ami popularity. As a police officer he was one of the best the oily over had and was popular to a degree with nil (lasses. Mr. Slater was a member of the . A. It.. Hie Fraternal I'nlon or America, of which he was an officer, ami belonged to oilier organizations. In every respect Mr. Slater was a line man. During bis many years In I be i lly be bad established a reputa tion for sirring uprightness of (bur in lor, for unswerving honesty, and for fidelity which few men can eijual and none can cxccll. lie was the type of friend which one can only know to love and appreciate, lie was In every sense of the word a gout Ionian and one whom to know was to appre ciate and admire. In bis loss the community suf fers greatly for ho was public spirited and the welfare of the city nod Its 1 pie was his. To the bereaved wife the entire and undivided sym pathy of Hie whole city goes out. Ilor loss is Hint of Plattsmoulh for such good ami true men are seldom to be found. The funeral of the late William W. Slater will take place next Satur day afternoon, announcement e full being made in Friday's paper. Ilrror In Date, A 1 1 ( nt ion Is called to Hie adver tisement of Hie next sale at Hie Mar ket Place, corner Sixth and Vine streets Sam Smith. This adver tisement is wrong as to the date of Hie sale. This sale Is set for next Saturday December 1 1Mb, not the Htb, as the advertisement has It. Heineinber the correct date Is De cember Kith. This error Is charge able to the compositor who neglected to change the date. The big sale will positively take place on Decem mer 1 9th. Ilring in your goods, es pecially horses. Decorated parlor lamps Irwin's. j I leu are of Frequent Colds. 1 A succession of colds or a pro tracted cold is almost certain to end j in chronic catarrh, from w libh few persons wholly recover. Hive every cold the attention It deserves and you may avoid this disagreeable disease. How can you cure a cold? Why not try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy? It Is highly recommended. Mrs. M. White of Itutler, Tenn., say: "Sev eral years ago 1 was bothered with my throat and lungs. Someone told me of Chamberlain's Cough Itemedy. I began using it nnd It relieved me at once. Now my throat and lungs are sound and well." For sale by P. G. Frloke & Co. The est is Always the Cheapest ! But when you cun buy the best for the least money, why not buy where such goods are sold, and such prices are made. Select Your Christmas Presents And in doing- bo bear in mind that a handsome piece of Furniture is about the most appropriate and desirable article you cari find. What would make a more pleasing" present than one of our hand some Kockers, a Sideboard, "Jloosier" Kitchen Cabinet, a beauti- tiful Kur of which we have many varieties, Uook Cases, Exten ts' Ov t Y Y Y Y V y y y V V y y V y V V Y V V y V y V V V y y t y V y Y Y V V V ' V v ' iVT""'''m'M''''',''j hion Tables and other articles. many The Furniture at Christmas Comes in for as much attention ns the dinner. Don't leave yours open to the criticism of your friends. Come and se lect an odd piece or a whole set, just as you require to make your home com plete. Don't worry about the cost. Prices are surprisingly low at this store TOYS Here is where we have many articles for little folks, which you should see before buying'. Hear in mind that our stock is Creator at this time than ever before, and to ap preciate the many beau tiful thing- for X-mns you must see them. mm. ? M. Hild 112-114 South Sixth SI. The Furniture Man There's a Heap of Comfort In a Rood arm chair and a Rood book. We have the chnir that simply invites you to sit down and rest. We have the bookcaso that is just yearning- to be filled with your favorite volumes. See them, and their beauty and niodorato price will at once make you decide to transfer them to your homo for your continual enjoyment. t t y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y y