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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION KIGHT PACKS
VOLUME XXX
PLATTSM O U Tl 1 , NEBRASKA. TUUIiSDAV SIM THM KKH 21, 1911
KO 75
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USED TWELVE CHILDREN III SALARY
OF SMI A MONTH Al HAS UPERTfj
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Some Interesting Testimony Came Out In the Hearing of the
Seagraves Divorce Suit Woman Lost Suit Because She Lived
With Husband After Proceedings Were Brought.
From Tuesday's Daily.
The question nf "Should a man
marry on a salary of a week?"
was much di.scus.seil in some of
Hip. city papers a year or so ago,
and many readers wrote their
views on the subject, some saying
that a man should have no trouble
purporting a wife and family on
that salary, while others did not
believe that it was advisable to
marry on that income. Some writ
ers in this discussion should have
heard the testimony in the di
vorce case yesterday in district
court in the Scgraves case.
About Iwenly-tive years ago
John Seagraves and his wife, Mar
garet, landed in Canada with five
children and $.'15 in inmiey. Sea
graves was a coal miner by trade,
and as miners gel small wages,
even in Hie new world, his pros
pects were anything but good
when he came over to try his for
tunes in the land of milk and
honev.
The Seagraves' came to Malts-
mouth twenty-four years ago. The
family was in due course of time
increased from seven to four
teen, the stork paying no less than
twelve momentous, if not serious,
calls at the Seagraves home. The
family lived on an acre nr two of
land two miles east of town, and;ni"' larger than her husband
i . . . . .
live there today and own the place
with the improvement s. Its value
is about i.rnn.
Segraves on the stand test i Tied
that he had never earned more
than Son a month, hut with that
had been able to raise his family
of twelve children to nmnhnod and
womanhood on that small nit-
lance and had accumulated some j
properly besides. For the last ten
years or so he had been working
for Swift A Co. in St. Joseph and
has been sending- home about 'J0
a month.
Some luimerons developments
came out in the testimony, one of
which lost Mrs. Seagraves her
suit for divorce.
Mrs. Seagraves first li 1 .-, suit
for divorce last April. She al
leged non-support, cruelly, etc.
The rnof of Hiejr shanty leaked
badly and when it rained she had
lo put a barrel and tubs on the
Poor to calch the water. When
she asked him to fix it he told' her
to move lo a more torrid climate.
APPOINTMENTS FOR NEB-
Rev. W. L. Austin Returns to the
Plattsmouth Church, Which
Well Be Welcome News.
AI Hie M. K. conference in Lin
coln the following appointments,
were made Monday night, for the
Nebra. ka ('.if y district. It will he
feen that Hey. W. E. Austin has
('en returned to Platlsmnuth,
which will not only please the
congregation of the M. E. church,
but also everyone who has made!
the acquaintance of Mr. Austin.!
who has become very popular with
our people, as his apopinimcut to
this charge for the third year
would truly indicate. A. A. Ilan
dall. a former pastor of Hie
church here, goes to Syracuse;
J. W. Eiuhree, superintendent.
Adams J. H. New kirk.
Alvo Alfred Hunter.
Ashland W. p. Slociunb.
Auburn - Mirha-d '"carson.
Avenue Peter Van Fleet.
I'.ennet T. .'. -,,.,,,,
liookwaller- Ti
He cl,.- T,, be .
' lie supplied.
Iipplied.
'I'. T:olor.
I'.l'nw , je. YV.
Murrhard .I. M.
Cook . A. Ker
Crab On hard I
Wvlle.
"T.
. II. Itaunehii
Ooiiulas . .I. II. Hound-.
I'ulloi.. - T. It. Ilollingsworfh
Eagle To be -Upplif.
Elk Creek W. ( . Ilarre.
Elmwood J. W. I avis.
Falls City o. M. K"ee.
Hllev -To lie supplied.
(il'eenwooil V, ().
nobis.
Mev-
The divorce case was beard in
June, and she was granted legal
separation by the court and was
given a third interest in their
properly and a life's interest in
two of the lots as a homestead.
After this decree had been ren
dered she came into court and
asked that the decree be set aside
and that' she be given alimony in
stead of the division of the prop
erty. The decree was set aside by
the court and an amended peti
tion was tiled asking for alimony.
This case came to trial yester
day. On cross-examination she
was asked if she did not live with
tier husband after she had tiled
Hie suit. She said that she went
to South Omaha and slaved there
three days with him. Then three
weeks ago Seagraves became sick
and he went out to the home and
she had cared for him during that
time. Her attorneys knew noth
ing about this, and they saw at,
once
liat by her act she had con
i 'bmed Hie offense. It was on these
ns on Hies
Travis re
grounds that .Tudgt
fused the divorce.
Seagraves on the stand said
that he was willing to go back to
his family, in fact, wanted to. lie
said he was opposed to (lie di
vorce. Mrs. Seagraves. who is
, . . . ...
snowed on I lie stand that she had
long been "boss of the ranch."
She not only answered the ques
tions of her attorneys at great
length, hut wanted to tell much
other history besides.
When her husband was on the
stand and made some statements
that she did not approve of, she
looked around
her son with a
significant smile, which trans
lated, meant: "Well, what do von
Hi ink of that?"
Seagraves gave some testimony
on the "high cost of jing" which
was interesting. . He said that he
often lived for months at a time
on a week, this including'
room and food.
Now that I hey have been in
court several limes an, have ac
complished nothing but the con
tracting of attorneys' fees and
court costs, ihi-y may decide to
make up. He is perfectly willing,
and probably she w ill be more w il
ling herself afer a few days' re
flection. Humboldt- C. E. Much.
Johnson - A. E. Chadwirk.
I.ashard To be supplied.
I.ewision I. ll. llainmel.
r.iniisx ille F. H. ( ioubl.
.Murdock and South Itend To
be supplied.
Mynard and Eight .Mile iroye
A. E. Waehtel.
Nebraska City F. M. Sisson.
Nehawka William Van Miiren.
Nemaha To be supplied.
Palmyra To In supplied.
Pawness City M. T. Stilller.
Peru J. II. Stilt.
Plaltsmoulh W. E. Austin.
Kulo I. A. Murray.
Salem To be supplied.
Stella To be supplied.
Sterling J. W. Eevvis.
Svracus. A. A. Kandall.
Table Hock IE P. Young.
Talmage--To be supplied.
Tecumseh V. K. Alexander.
Enadilla - To be supplied.
Tnion - -To be Supplied.
Vol a --Newton Sherman.
Wabash - -To be supplied.
Waverlv- O. V. Ihllon.
Weeping Wafer I. . F. Town
"cnd. Ed Brandt Dmj.
Edward O. fd'amli. a former
general Iraveljmj ,-oiiiifor of the
Iturlingtoii. M"d w know n in
Plattsniouth, ,:e, Suedav mult! in
New Yoik Ci'v. or the last ten
veai-s be ha- i n I ravelin-' audit
or for tij,' Aiiheu-er-l'.u-cli rm
.''iv. H" was i;rje, a, ;,n
ea"s o!,.
a very pi'om-
i'lenl Elk.
I Miss Mary Meeker of Eight Mile
drove precinct is visiting in
Plattsmouth lodav.
Returns From Europe.
Miss horn Frieke returned
Sunday morning from Europe,
where she went on a several
months' pleasure trip. She visited
points of interest in Italy, Switz
erland. France. ( iermanv . Eng
land and other countries. She
was accompanied by Miss Eugenia
'iggenhurn of Ashland. This Is
Miss Fricke's third trip across the
water. Site said it was a delight
ful one in every respect.
NEW TRACK HAS BEEN
BUILTJNJLOCAL YARDS
Train of 100 Cars Can Now Be
Cleared on the Burlington
at Plattsmouth.
The Hurlinglon has just finish
ed a new main track for west
bound trains. The track is north
of town and runs from a point
about a quarter of a mile this side
of the wafer olanl lo a ooinf west
of the plant. The track that is
now used for west-bound trains
was today cut in for east-bound
trains, while the new lra:k was
cut in yesterday tor those going
west.
Tin; new trackage extends the
Plal I smooth yards a quarter of
a mile and the vans can now clear
a train of 1 00 cars. Heretofore
a train of not more than lifly cars
could be cleared here, Thev bad
be cut in two.
The tracks and switches will be
controlled from Hie station by
electric signals. The new track
reduces Hie sharp curve at the
water plant ami gives engineers a
heller v iew on rounding the curve.
The old curve was so sharp that
they had to slow up in round
ing it.
' Cheap Advertising.
One of the principal excite
ments attached to editing a news
paper is the constant conllict with
ingenious gepl e men w ho seek to
gain free entrance into the news
columns by Mxing ui advertising
mailer with a sugar-coaling of
in ws value. One of the latest lo
allempl fame in Ibis respect is a
man who is presumt ively sending
out advertising inalfer for a
Panama exposition at a southern
California city. Newspapers are
supposed lo boost expositions
free of charge because of their
semi-public character, and under
tin ver of furnishing' the News
with in formal ion respecting this
affair, a nice line of argument is
inl rodiiced on behalf of maintain
ing the larifV on lemons at its
present level. The lemon growers
insist that the larill' enables them
to compete w ith the foreign grow
ers, ami that Ibis compel it ion has
brought prices down, and that,
anyway, the foreigner pays the
lax. The most amusing part of
Ibis literature is that portion
which contains a threat that if
the collon mills of the south and
east, the shoe factories of Mas
sachusetts, the automobile makers
and the thousands of other manu
facturers all over the counlrv
permit the lemon growers to lose
their tariff protection, it will mean
that the lemon growers can't af
ford to buy the products of these
others, and bad business will fol
low for everybody. What do you
think of that 'Lincoln News.
Progressive House Party.
Mrs. Charles Weckhah, who
arrived hen- Saturday eveninir
j from Crete, Neb., was the guest
n the members of the Jolly Six
club at a progressive house parly.
Saturday evening she and the
members of the club were dinner
guests at the home of Miss Yerna
Leonard. .Mrs. Donelan gave a
dinner for Iheui Sunday. Monday
'Horning they ,,ok breakfast with
Mi-s Mia Oehng, followed with
briilg-e. In eniny .Mrs.
Clements -ae a dinner Tor them,
which was followed with a bridge
parly. The affairs were all de
lightful ami Hie reunion of the
rlhb proved Verv enjoyable. .Miss
lora I l ie! e. win, ,as relurn
'"'l l"''"m Ei.ivpe. was one of tM.
g'Ue-ls.
Social and Supper.
There will be a social ami sup
per at Hie home ,,f Mrs. William
Wcleiikainp next Saturday even
ing. September for I he benefit
oT the Eiubl Mile Orove church.
You are invited lo attend.
IK
Ill PLATTSIUIH
Some of the Vain Ones Love
Show Off by Waking Noise
With Muffler Cut Out.
to
The Chicago Tribune some I ime
ai;o said that the sure sign oT an
amateur aulomobil ist is the ten
dency on his part to "cut out the
mulller." It iis purely a country
town habit, and a man who would
"cut out the mulller" in a big city
would be laughed at as a jay, un
less there v.as a necessity for it,
as there is- once in a while,
especially in hill climbing or in
sudden bursts of sp . The muf
fler, is put in an automobile to
lessen Hie noise of the engine, but
a great many jay antomobilisls
in the "bush" towns try to at
tract attention by making a lot
of noise with the engine.
ft is purely unnecessary in
starting a machine or when run
ning on level ground or an or
dinary hill, and when otherwise
usejil is simply done lo attract at
tention. II is a habit that can
be 'tolerated in the daytime. No
one objects to anyone showing olT
in be dav I ime. but when at night
people are awakened by such use
less noises, it is lime lo e:ill n
halt.
Maltsmoulh seems In have
more than its" proportion of jay
automobile drivers, and they are
a nuisance to the people living in
the down-town district.
SEND IN YOUR IDEAS
. FOR THE CELEBRATION
Bridge Opening Should Be Made
a Notable Affair Thousands
Should Attend.
Preparatory to the celebration
in Plallsniouth for the opening of
I hi- new Platte river hriilte nin.
geslions should he made as to the
best means of cidehralinu- an
event that means much lo the
own. The completion of this
bridge may have its effect, on
landing the Misouri river wagon
bridge, which will lie built, at some
point between Platlsnioiilh and
Omaha.
The celebi-al ion should be made
no small affair, but something
that would attract fi.non people
or more. The bridge will be free
on I he day of I be celebral ion ami
from across the river and Omaha
a great number of people will un
doubtedly come. The owners of
the bridge are going fo make
special inducements to allracl Hie
anloniobile owners of Omaha to
make the (rip to Plal I smoiil h on
Unit day, ami with the right kind
of celebration here hundreds will
come.
If you have suggestions for the
celebration, semi Ihein lo the
Journal.
Silver Jubilee Convention.
The Nebraska Christian En
deavor Enioii w ill hold its twenly
liflh annual convention in (he
Auditorium, Lincoln, October 2f
29, 1011. More than Illy speak
ers among Iheui such men as
Wiilliam Shaw, general secretary
of the Cnileil Society of Christian
Endeavor: Carl Lehuiann, inter
slate Held secretary for Hie United
Society of Christian Endeavor, and
a host of other prominent En
deavor workers will appear on
the platform during Hie twelve
sessions of I he convent ion, From
.'.Mm o .1,001) delegates are ex
pected. Manx features combine to
j make Ibis a galherinir of unusual
I importance. Every session will!
J be up-fn-d.'lle. The use of mo jon
'pictures and exlenive educational
I exhibits will lie a nniipie feature.
I Literature and information sent
free on application lo Itav (i.
Fletcher, .'till Fraternity building.
Lincoln.
Suit for Divorce.
John M. Clarence has
Hie district court a snii f,,
vorce against his w i fo. Belle I
I III
dice. Tim pel if ion -tales I hat
they were married in Plallsniouth,
in June. tunc. Tim plaintiff"
charces that his wife refuses lo
! live with him. No children were
i born of I he union.
Phil Meeker of Eight Mile Orove
precinct is in town lodav. ,
JJlf AUTOIBILISTS
Mont Robb in Town.
From Tuesday pally.
Mont Itobb, steward of the
stale penitentiary, was in the city
over last night visiting with his
many Plaltsmoulh friends. n,
came up from Wyoming and
Enioii. where he had been spend
ing Saturday and Sunday with
home folks. He paid the Journal
oflice a brief call, lie is hale and
hearty ami looks as though he
was enjoying his share of the
pleasures of life.
PUT IN BUILOING
ID HOLE PRODUCE
Hatt & Son Have Neod for More
Room to Handle Their
Produce Business.
Hat I & Son are pulling up n
concrete block building back of
their store, which will lie used
by them in the handling of pro
duce. They are big shippers of
eggs, poultry and butter and they
have been handicapped for want
of room.
The new building will be -Jiix.'io
feet in dimension and will make
quite an addition to their floor
space. This improvement is one
of the many that are now being
made in Plallsniouth, which has
undoubtedly slarled on an upward
grow I h again.
CLEANING OUT WELLS
AT TWER STATION
Now Wells Will Be Put In and
Old Ones Put In Bolter Con
dition, Says Birney.
The wafer company is busy
cleaning out the wells at the sta
tion. These wells are from fill to
75 feet deep and run through a
gravel bed, where there is a line
underground stream of water.
Six-inch casing is used in the
wells, and at the lower part is a
strainer that permits the water
to seep through, but keeps the
gravel and sand out. The pipes,
however, till up in the course of
years, and ought to be cleaned out
every few years.
There are eight wells at the
wafer station, ami it is probable
that, several more will be drilled.
t ' 1 1 . ... . . . .
v. ens oneu pni oim ami nave lo
be abandoned.
Mr. Itirney, an expert creeling
engineer, is directing the work,
lie w ill remain here mil il I lie new
improv enienl s are all made.
Ed Rynott Goes to Hospital.
From WediicHiliiy'H Imlly.
Edward Hyiioll, w ho has been
snivel ing wilh appendicitis for Hie
past few dav s, went to ( Inialia to
day, where he will enter the hos
pital for an operation. Mr.
Itytiotl has suD'ercd several al
lacks during the past few months,
and il was thought he might re
cover wiitioui resorling o a
surgical operation, but he has
grown woi'se, until the last attack
proved quile serious. The drug
store w ill be left in charge of Mr.
Ralph lloby of Slalford. Kansas,
who arrived in the city last Friday.
Mr. lloby is a registered pharmac- '
ist of several years' experience,!
coming to our city as he does, I
most highly recommended, he w ilh
prove an excellent gentleman to
take charge of Mr. Hynolt's busi
ness during his absence. Mr.
H.Miolt expects to be gone about
ten davs to I wo weeks.
Presbytorian Figures.
The annual report of the gen
eral assembly oT the Presbyterian
church just issued gives the fol
lowing slalislics on the Nebraska
svnoil: Presbyteries, (I; min-i-lcrs,
H.l; churches, l'.'II; com
municants. i?!; baptisms. S.V.I;
Sunday school membership. '.'.-
5. In the Nebraska City Pres
to lery are i i churches. miu
iscr. li.liw; communicants,
.'I'.'.'l in Sunday schools ami ::!
bapl i-ios.
Improving Its Roadbed.
The Missouri Pacific has a gang
of men win-king on ils grade al
La Plalle, just north .,r Plalts
moulh. as well as al a number of
oilier places along ils line be
! Ivveen Falls City and Omaha. In
many places the grade js being
widened.
MONEY APPORTIONED
FOR NEW BOOKS
Library Board Working Hard to
Make Institution Useful to
Large Number.
From TiU'MiliiyVx Pally.
The library board met last
evening and apportioned the $150
recent Iv appropriated by the city
council for books. For binding
fit1 will be spent, for juvenile
books .still and for miscellaneous
books $5(1. A committee con
sisting of Prof. N. A. Abbott, Mis
Olive Jones and Miss Verua
Leonard was appointed to pur
chase the books.
The board decided to meet once
a month hereafter, and the reg
ular day of meeting will be the
tlrsl Thursday in each month.
The library board will attempt
to do much work for the good of
the library this year. More and
more the library is I oming a
necessary pari of school work.
More and more reference work is
brim.' done, and the number of
school children using the library
Is constantly growing.
It will surprise nianv people to
know (hat I.NOit people are now
using the public library. These
people have cards for taking
I ks from the library and are-
making use of (heir privilege.
This is a showing thai few other
towns of Plallsinoulh's sie in the
country can make. In two Iowih
of the same size of Plaltsmoulh
that the writer is familiar with,
the showing does md compare
with this. At one place where
there is a Carnegie library and
more funds are available for
library purposes, there is not.
half of the number of patrons as
in Plaltsmoulh.
It is regrettable that the levy
for Hie library was decreased by
the council recently. II is an in
stilluioii, because of its value to
the .schools, that ought to be en
couraged and maintained on a
proper standard. '
ST. MART'S GUILD MEETS
WITH IS. HENRY KERQLO
Arrange to Hold a Cafeteria at
Rooms Rccontly Occupiod by
Nemetz & Co. on Saturday.
From VVt'ilncHilay'a I '.-illy.
A inosl eii.invahle and pro. liable
meeting was that of Hie ladies of
St. Mary's (im, ,,f si. Luke's
church, winch vva held al Hie
prellv home o .M,.s. 1 1 .i.i
on North Fourth street vest , day
I 'H'lcr n. A large number of lh,
members ,, ,js organisation
were in alien, lance. The ladies
held their usual business session,
during which lime, aside from at
tending lo the routine business
mallei's, the ladies decided to hold
a cafeteria on Saturday afternoon
and evening of ibjs week in the
I lus recently occupied by Ne-
inel, A Co.'s sloi-j' for which linaL
arrangements iim plans were
made. The remainder of the a fieri m
hours were delightfully spent in.
plviuu I he busv needle, social con
versation and Hie like and par
taking of the delicious luncheon
served by the hosless al this time.
The ladies are very much pleased
over (he way the fall work is
starling mil and feel that the
coming' winter mouths emild mil
j help bill be successful ones for
Ille liiiilil.
Death of Herman Schleifert.
Herman Schleifert, a well
known and highly res.,.rci farm
er of near Mauley Oied of heart,
trouble on Tuesday i veiling, Sep
iemher 1 1 . He bad iieen in poor
health for some time, yet the an
nouncement ,,f his deal li came as
a shock to his manv Cass county
friend-. The runeral nnvd
from the family re-i'ilenc al 2
o'clock Friday afternoon... Louis
ville Courier.
Puts Down Fine Cement Walk.
' 1 '-' IL Sa les has taken up
the board walk in front of his
residene Marble slreel ami re
placed il wilh a line cement walk,
which greatly adds in the looks
of his cosy home.
' J. A. Schwab of Wcepini
was in town yesterday.
Water
