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VOLUME XXX
PLATTSMOUT11, NEBRASKA. MONDAY JUNK 12,1911
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A LAW IT SHOULD BE EKED
AIID RIGIDLY ENFORCED 10 1 LETTER
If People Will Throw Dangerous Sucstance in the Roads, Streets
and Alleys, Against the Law, the Chief of Police Should
See That They are Prosecuted.
The Journal has published the
following law once, but when we
see right here in the city broken
bottles and other objectionable
articles in the streets and alleys
and even on the sidewalks, we re
publish the law and give it prom
inence in the colums of this paper
for the especial purpose of warn
ing people who will insist on
violating its provisions:
"That hereafter it shall be un
lawful for any person, associa
tion or corporation to throw,
jcause to be thrown, leave or cause
to be left upon any public road,
bridge, street, alley, or sidewalk
in this state any glass, crockery,
tacks, nails or any sharp or
broken substance whatever, liable
to injure any person, animal or
vehicle.
LAST SAD RITES OVER
REMAINSJF MISS SPIES
A Large Number of Friends At
tended the Services at Si.
John's Church.
From Friday's Daily.
The funeral service over the re
mains of Miss Ivy L. Spois occur
red yesterday afternoon at 4
.o'clock from St. John's Catholic
church, and in the absence of
Father Shine the service wa9 con
ducted by Jesuile Father Conntes
from Omaha.
The church was filled with
friends of the bereaved family,
who had come to extend sympathy
and show their respect for one
who had won the love and esteem
.of the community. As the funeral
procession entered the church,
Miss Opal Fitzgerald sang "Flee
as a Rird," and at the close of the
service Helen Clinc sang "Nearer
My God to Thee."
After reading the church ritual
in Latin and English, the good
father spoke words of comfort
and encouragement to the be
reaved family, referring in a
touching manner to the patient
suffering of the deceased, who had
now gone to her eternal home in
the bosom of her find. It is the
common lot of all men to suffer,
said the priest, but in the mys
teries of Providence the deceased
Jhad endured more than usually
"befalls the human family, and for
this reason her life, although
yielded up while young, neverthe
less was completed and perfect.
And she is now in position that
her intercessions could help her
dc.r relatives and friends more
than one in this life could do.
Interment was made in the Holy
Sepnlchor cemetery. The pall
bearers were the six cousins of
the deceased Ed, Albert, Will,
Louie, Henry and Carl Egon
berger. PpstofRce Building Progresses.
Fmm Friday's Dally.
The heavy iron supports for the
roof nn.l the terracotta over the
windows and doors of the new
: government building have been
laid imposition. - The final stretch
of brick extending above the roof
" is in process of being laid, the me
chanics having commenced on
this part of the building yester
day. As soon as the bricks are in
place the heavy iron plate which
will bind the wall will be boiled
down. When this is done Bauer
. Son will proceed to put on the
tin roof. The work is being push
ed right along and before the end
of this month the building will be
enclosed with roof.
Rural Schools Out.
County Superintendent Miss
Foster is congratulating herself
that there are no rural schools to
be visited during the heated term.
All of the country schools, except
one in the Heil district, are now
losed for the summer.
Mrs.'.I. W. Collins departed for
Bellevue (his afternoon, where
shc will visit friends over Sundav.
"Any person, association or
corporation violating the pro
visions of this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon con
viction thereof shall be fined in
any sum not less than .$5 and not
exceedings $100 in the. discretion
of the court."
Those who have been guilty in
the past of throwing any glass or
tin cans in the streets or alleys
should sit up and take notice be
cause this covers their case and
they are liable to a fine to suit the
discretion of the court.
And it should be a double fine
to those who deliberately throw
bottles on the sidewalk and break
them without any just cause or
provieation. The chief of police
should try and find out who these
prepetrators are and arrest them,
as the law provides.
Dollar Bill on Baseball.
The game opened with Molas
ses at the stick and Smallpox
catching. Cigar was in the box
with lots of smoke. Horn on the
first base and Fiddle on second
base, backed by Corn in the field,
made it. hot for Umpire Apple,
who was rotten.
Ax camo to bat and chopped,
Cigar let Brick walk, Sawdust
filled the bases, Cobb made a hit
and Twenty made a score. Cigar
went out and Ball.ooa startedto
pitch, but went up in the air.
Then Cherry tried it,' but was
wild. Old Ice kept cool in the
game until he was hit by the
pitcher, then you ought to have
heard Ice Cream. Cabbage had a
good head, but got stewed and
was put out of the game.
Grass covered lots of ground in
the field and the crowd cheered
when Spider caught a Fly. Bread
loafed on third and pumped Organ
who played fast and put Light out.
In the fifth inning Wind began
to blow about, what he could do,
Hammer began to knock and
Trees began to leave. The way
they roasted Peanut was a fright,
Knife was put out for cutting first
base. Lightning finished pitching
the game and struck out six men.
In the ninth Apple told Fiddle
to take his base, Core was shocked
when Cobb made another hit.
Trombone made a slide while
Meal was on the plate.
There was lots of betting on the
game and Soap cleaned up the
Hang.
The score was 1 to 0. Door
pitched and shut them out.
The Tennis Tornament.
From Friday's Dally.
The tennis lovers of this 'city
have been conducting a tourna
ment on the Patterson court for
the past several days, and the
contests have drawn quite a largo
crowd to witness them. The
scores in the opening games are
as follows: George Falter defeat
ed George Dovey, 7-5, 8-6; Paul
Morgan won from E. A. Wurl, 9-7,
6-2; C. V. Slants, a bye; John
Falter defeated Dwight Patterson,
6-0; 6-0; T. M. Patterson and
Ben Windham, score, 6-0, 6-3;
Matt Herold and Carl Smith, 6-4,
4-6, 6-4; Ed Fricke, a bye; Pol
lock Parmele, a bye; E. Grovenor
Dovey olTlcialed as official scorer
at the tournament.
Mr. Gibson Keeps Warm.
This is Engineer Bob Gibson's
week olT of the (hog) the switch
engine, and in order to keep his
blood warmed up yesterday he
went after the weeds on his
perinises and underbrush which
accumulates on half a block in
Young & Hayes' addition. One
who looked at the small farm be
fore Mr. Gibson look possession
and looks at. the premises now
woi,ld not recognize the place. If
Plaits nlh had a few more
citizens ns industrious as 4m
giueer Gibson there would be no
occasion to have a weed day nnd
the like.
Visit in Elmwood.
From Friday's Dally.
Mr. W. E. Hosencrans and
family, excepting his son, Clayte,
motored to Elmwood, yesterday
morning and spent the day with
Mrs. Hosencran's brother, Mr.
Frank Raker, and had the pleasure
of seeing Mr. and Mrs. Raker's
ten-pound baby girl, which came
to their home last Tuesday. W.
E. acted as chauffeur on the trip
going, and made the distance, via
Louisville, thirty-seven miles, in
one hour and thirty-five minutes,
lowering his record of last week
several minutes. The roads were
fine, though the atmosphere was
somewhat heated, but the motion
of the car rendered the heat less
oppressive.
10 THOUSAND DOL
LARS CO UP IN SMOKE
Station Agent at Nehawka Re
ceives the Money by Express
for the Bank.
From Friday's Dally.
A special from Nehawka, dated
June 8, says: J. E. Banning,
station agent at this place, suf
fered a loss this morning when a
valuable package containing
$2,000 in bills, was totally de
stroyed. Mr. Banning had received the
package containing the bills by
express, and it was to have been
delivered to the Nehawka bank.
He laid the packago aside for safe
keeping, but in some manner it
was knocked off of his desk into
the waste basket. Before this
fact became, known, however, the
waste basket was carried outside
and emptied and the contents
burned. The money, it was later
learned, went up in the flames.
There is no way in which Mr.
Banning can be reimbursed for
his toss". by the "government, as
there was not enough left of the
bills to be able to identify them.
In case money is destroyed in
order for the owner to be reim
bursed it is necessary to send in
enough of the remains of the bills
so that, they can be identified.
Returns From Convention.
From Friday's Dally.
Mr. C. C. Wescott returned
from the Grand Island Sunday
School convention impressed with
the fact that the convention just
closed was the largest and most
important of the kind yet held in
t he stale. A full account of I lie
convention and the officers elected
appears in the Slate Journal of
this date. Piatt smoulh was
honored by being accorded a place
among the slate officers, Mr.
Wescott being elected to the posi
tion of recording secretary. A
.feature of the convention was the
parade of men, Sunday school
workers of the slate, last evening,
headed by the Grand Island Cor
net band, and extending over five
blocks, showing that there is
much ilnerest felt in the work.
There was no church in Grand
Island large enough to hold the
delegates, so that the convention
was held in the rink building. The
convention was addressed by n
touring party of eight men, who
were on their way to San Fran
cisco to attend the international
convention, and stopped to see
what Nebraska was doing. Mr
Wescott was called upon to pre
side at the closing session of the
convention. In addition to Mr
Wescott, the delegates from this
.county who were present were
Mr. A. M. Holmes, Mrs. James
Loughridge nnd Miss Minnie Min-
near of Murray.
Fine Strawberries.
From Friday's Dally.
r II. 1 1 , .
j am uuoui sirawnorries, w
have them in the greatest abund
ance, and the finest ever. J. C.
Peterson drove into town this
morning with a big supply order
ed, and they were the finest we
ever gazed upon. He handed us
one monstrous big one that
weighed a fraction over one
ounce. Mr. Peterson has had a
large crop, and so far has not,
been able to supply the demand,
on account, of their excellency.
Ed Slocum, Theodore and Earl
Amick of near Murray came to
Plaltsmouth this afternoon and
boarded the fast, mail for Omahn
to view the auto races.
A SORT OF A MIXED UP
AFEAIR All AROUND
But Then a Good Many People Get
Into a Forgetful State in
Omaha.
From Friday's Daily.
M. W. Thomas and Fred Clugy
went to Omaha Wednesday after
noon on one pretext or another,
and as the rays of old Sol were
coining straight down, Mr. Clugy
stood on the outside of the Bur
lington station in the shade, tell
ing his unsuspecting friend to get
two tickets for Omaha. Mr.
Thomas returned shortly with his
own and Mr. Clugy's tickets, but
as the latter did not have the cor
rect change, he said to Mr.
Thomas, "I will get the tickets on
the return," which Mr. Thomas
readily consented lo, and at which
Mr. C. winked at a bystander and
said, "Watch me shake him."
On Thursday morning Mr.
Thomas was about Plait smoulh
streets looking after his buisness
affairs, and on being interrogated
as lo the whereabouts of Mr. C,
stated that the last he saw of him
was at the Brandeis store in
Omaha the day before, when he
had excused himself, saying that
he had lo go and get shaved and
would meet Mr. Thomas right
there in half an hour. Mr. Thomas
went there and wailed an hour
and a half and failed to fee Mr.
Clugy,
Thursday afternoon Mr. Clugy
was on the streets of this city
looking after his business alTairs
as usual, and on being asked what
he. did with Mr. Tluunas at Oma
ha the day before, slated that Mr.
Thomas and he separated at the
Poston store and Mr. T. had
agreed to meet him at the same
place in half an hour, and he got
round there at the time staled
nd no Thomas was there, arjd he
waited there for two hours nnd he
failed lo show up, so that he was
ahead one fare, lo Omaha. Both
gentlemen are truthful and
neither had had anything stronger
than Adam's ale.
Meet With Mrs. A. Pelstrup.
From Friday's Dully.
The Ladies' society of the
Swedish Mission church were
entertained at the home of Mrs. A.
Peistrup in a delightful manner
yesterday afternoon. In spite of
I ho intense heat there were a
large number of the ladies and
friends of this organization pres
ent, all of whom enjoyed a very
pleasant lime. The hurrying
moments of the afternoon were
devoted lo needlework, conversa
tion and other amusements, which
made the time pass all too rapidly
and which furnished plenty of en
joyment for the ladies in attend
ance. The ladies do not hold any
business Session at. these meet
ings, the time being spent in a
social way. A dainty luncheon
was provided by the hostess, lo
which all did ample justice. When
the hour for departure came the
large company of ladies dis
persed, all having had such a
splendid good lime that, they for
ged all about the heat.
Meet With Mrs. M. A. Buttery.
From Friday's Dally.
The members of the Ladies' Aid
society of (ho M. E. church held
a very pleasant meeting at the
home of Mrs. M. A. Buttery, in
the north part of the city, yester
day afternoon. On account of the
extreme heat and tho funeral of
Miss Spies, this meeting was not
so largely attended, but a most
enjoyable time was had by those
fortunate enough to be present.
Again, on account of the heat, no
business session was held at this
time, lhe entire nfternoon being
spent in having a good social
time. At. a convenient hour some
very delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess nnd n little
later the ladies departed for their
homes, voting Mrs. Butter a
splendid entertainer.
He May Be Wrong.
William Holly look the trouble
lo look up Mr. Hicks this morning-
lo see what the future of the
weather is to be from his view
point, and finds that, we are with
in Mr. Hick's healed term, and
that on and after the 17th of June
there will be daily thunder storms
for four days. Hicks may have
overlooked the fact thai the moon
change next Sunday.
Return From Fremont.
From Friday's DHlly.
Messrs. J. M. Lcyda and T. M.
Patterson, who were chosen dele
gates to represent the Platts-
mouth Loau and Building as
sociation at the Nebraska State
League of Loan and Building as
sociations, which oenvened at
Fremont oslerday, returned this
morning. There was a good rep
resentation present at the meet
ing and a program was given, with
a banquet at night. Some very
important business matters af
fecting this important home
building institution were discus
sed. The meeting was an excel
lent one nnd both gentlemen were
pleased with its work.
IE OF FIFTY
YEARS AGO IN PLATTSMOUTH
The Flag Presented to Captain
Livingston's Company on
June 9, 1861.
I .About the first day of May,
1861, Dr. II. 11. Livingston issued
a call for volunteers to oppose
secession. By the 9th of Juno ho
hr.d a company of 80 or DO men
enrolled and ready to march to
Omaha to be mustered into the
service. Livingston was a very
strict disciplinarian and had been
for some timo very diligently
drilling bis men and had his com
pany in quite a good state of effi
ciency considering tho short time
he had been at it. w
In tho meantime the ladies of
Plaltsmouth had made a beautiful
silk fiag for tho company, nnd on
tho 9th day of June, lllty years
ago today, on Wintorslein Hill,
under tho oaks, the flag was pre
sented to the company" by tUo
pastor of the Methodist church,
Rev. Jeroino Spillman. Living
ston accepted the fiag ami made
one .f his 'fiery, thrilling
speeches. He called on every man
of his company to kneel down and
swear never lo surrender I he fiag.
lhe next day on Juno 10, tho
company marched to Omaha, and
on June II. 1861. was mustered
into tlx; service. The company
being the first company mustered
made Livingston the ranking cap
lain in the regiment and first in
line of promotion, consequently,
before the expiration of the first
year he was the colonel of he
regiment.
J. W. Johnson.
Returns From Trip.
From Friday's Dally.
Jacob Meisinger returned Wed
nesday morning from his visit to
Tazewell county, Illinois, and en
joyed the I rip very much. It had
been thirty years since Mr. Meis
inger left the old homestead, six
miles from Pekin, and he says,
while many changes havo taken
place, and a good many of his old
neighbors have passed to the
(ireat Beyond, or followed the
Star of Empire in its westward
course, it was really a pleasure lo
visit, the scenes of his boyhood
days. He says crops in Illinois
are in fine shape and the people
generally satisfied with their lot.
The balance of the parly who ac
companied Mr. Meisinger lo Pekin
will return next week.
DeBolt Gets $1,000.
From Friday's Dally.
A special from Lincoln says
that Casper L. Mcllrien, former
state superintendent and head of
tho university extension bureau,
was assessed 91,000 yesterday in
district court in the libel suit
brought by Victor II. DeBolt. Tho
Jury was out for ten hours. De
Bolt sued for !,000, alleging that
McBrien had libelled him when
lhe stale superintendent had used
bis efforts lo prevent him gelling
the position of county superin
tendent, of Cass county.
Departs for Cooler Clime.
Mr. John Buck and Miss Irma
Peters of near Weeping Water ar
rived in this city last, evening and
visited Mr. Buck's daughter, Mrs.
William Hunter, over night, de
parting this afternoon for New
castle, Wyoming, where Mr. Buck
will visit his son. Julius Buck, for
three months. Mrs. Hunter went
as far as Omaha with the travel
ers, and will visit her sister, Mrs.
Fred Hild, at the hospital Ibis aft
ernoon. Subscribe for rne Pally Journal.
ON REPORTING THE
JUNE WEDDINGS
The Problem of Reporting Such
Events Is Now Faced by All
Newspaper Reporters.
The problem of reporting the
June weddings is now faced by the
newspapers. To the reporter, all
weddings look alike. After cover
ing a narrow . round of phrases
and adjectives,, he receives this
sentimental assignment from tho
city editor with a despairing
recognition of the futility of say
ing anything new. But if he stays
in tho business long enough iio
learns belter. He finds that ho is
addressing an audience breath
less dependent on every word of
detail that drops from his swift
typewriter. '
Let him cease looking for
dramatic, and sporting effects to
satisfiy a masculine audience,
who would as soon think of read
ing probate court notices as a
wedding 8tory. Let him know,
then, that the slightest detail of
description in a wedding report is
of vital signficance to womankind.
The whole mystic symbolism of
sentiment may bo set awry if he
mistakes "silk" for "satin," or if
ho says "palms" were used for
decorations instead of "hemlock."
Let him resign himself faithfully
to the lead of the master artist,
the bride; cut out .nil his ad
jectives and seek merely lo report
accurately every detail that is of
such vital import.
DOINGS IN THE COUNTY
COURT THIS MORNING
Harry Polsall Appears, and Plead
ing Guilty, Settled by Paying
the Sum of $60.
From Saturday's Dally.
On the probate side of the
court this morning a hearing was
had on the petition of .V. It.
Smith for the appointi I of an
administrator of the estate of
Mary J. Smith, mother, mid W. L.
Smith, brother of the petitioner.
The proceedings were for the
purpose of clearing title.
A hearing was also had in the
estate of Mrs. Slocum, who re
cently died at her home near
Murray, her daughter, Mrs. Far
ris, being appointed admiuisl rat
rix. The criminal branch of the
court was engaged for a short
time with lhe case of Hid States
vs. Harry Poisall. A hearing was
rendered unnecessary in this case
by the defendant pleading guilty
and offering lo make a cash set
tlement. A line of $110 was as
sessed by the court, as in the
other cases, but on the count of
assault lhe sentence was suspend
ed for a year, during good be
havior of defendant, and he paid
into court the sum of $00 and the
costs, and the unfortunate affair
will he dropped.
A Plattsmouth Boy.
The following is laki n from the
Nemaha County Herat! and the
Edward Clark mentioned therein
is a former Plaltsmouth boy, hav
ing resided ill this city for a
number of years, his father, K. M.
Clark, being in charge of u barber
shop, where Jesse Perry is now
located. The many friends of tho
Clark family will be very much
grieved to learn of lhe misfor
tune which has befallen them in
the untimely death of their son,
Edward:
E. M. Clark of Ibis city received
word on Tuesday Ibis his son, Ed
ward, had been killed by coining
in contact with a live wire while
nl work in Culura, California.
Edward Clark was well known
in Auburn, having worked here in
his father's barber shop, hut some
years ago he went west nnd for
two years had been working at
Culcura. Ho was a young man
who was well liked and had many
friends who will regret to learn
of his sudden nnd untimely death
nnd who extend sympathy lo the
bereaved family.
Mr. Louis Hansen, a prosperous
farmer of near Tilden, arrived in
the city last evening and' visited
over night, with his uncle, Mr. J.
C. Peterson, departing for his
home this morning.'