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
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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."
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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
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hion Tables and
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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.
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