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VOL. XXXII.
PLATTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913.
NO. 6G.
VERY STRANGE
ACTIONS OF MAN
AT OREAPOLIS
Jumps From Train and Makes for
Woods, but Is Later Brought
to This City.
From Tuesday's Dally.
Yesterday afternoon there was
considerable excitement created
at Oreapolis by a man apparent l
men! ally unbalanced, vh mailt
-vral attempts to jump off of
train No. :.'.', li i in motion. Tin
man purchased two tickets here,
oin t Waver ly and (me to (jreen
woml, ami boarding the Irain re
mained ealnr until the train near-
(l the tower at Oreapolis, wlu-n
ln made his attempt to leap from
the train, hut was prevented. Bui
as the train neared the "Y" he
was ahle to fret. off the train and
made off in the direetion of the
woods near that place, and re
fused to return to the train.
The crew of ttie ".-lub" from
this city, which went there latei
in the afternoon, made several
attempts to pet him to come on
to the train and return to this
city, which he refused" to do, and
as the train crew was not in a
position to rapture turn, lie was
allowed to remain at liberty until
they returned to this eily, where
Sheriff Ouinlon was notified and
he went to the .scene and secured
the man, bringing him to this city
ahoul '.i o'clock last evening, and
he was lodged in the county jail
to await development s in the
rase.
He was identified as-Angust
Byer, who resides near Waverly.
and his family was at " once
notified by the authorities, and
one of his sons notified them he
would come down and remove his
father to his home. Byer recent
ly suffered from a similar spell,
and it is thought the extreme hot
weather has contributed to his
state of insanity.
SAM BILLINGS AND
BROTHER IN TROUBLE
AT FORT COLLINS
From Tuesdays Dally.
Sam Billings. a former Plaits
mouth young man, came in Satur
day evening on No. 2 for the pur
pose of visit iufr with friends here,
but was taken into custody on
Sunday by Chief of Police Rainey
on advices from the sheriff's office
where notice had been received of
his being1 wanted at Tort. Collins.
Colorado, on a charge of grand
larceny. He was taken to the
county jail, where lie will he con
fined until the arrival of tin
officers from the Colorado city to
take him back there for (rial. The
exact nature of the crime was not
made clear in the notice from the
Colorado authorities, but it is
understood that another of the
Billings boys i in the jail at Fort
Collins awaiting trial on the same
charpe.
This inorninp the sheriff of
Larimer county, Colorado, arrived
on No. 4 to take young Billinps
back to Colorado, where he will
answer to the charpes preferred
against him. - The property stolen
by Billinps consisted of hides
taken from a ranch in the vicinity
of Fort Collins. The case of the
younp -man is a very sad one, as
he has been denied many of the
opportunit ies afforded other boys
of the same ape and was deprived
of the proper home traininp that
might have made him a good and
useful citizen.
Mrs. Ivor . Standish and babe
have been spendinp the past week
or ten days visit inp her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Reed, near
this city, .Mrs. Standish called at
this. office and had her subscrip
tion to this paper extended for
another year. She expects to re
turn to her home in Kansas Fri
day of this week.
Moves' Here From Kansas.
From Tuesday's Dally.
Plaltsmoulh lias received an
other addition to its population,
as Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stewart of
Atchison, Kansas, have decided to
return back to a pood place to
make their home -here for Hie
present at, least. These worlhy
young people formerly resided
here, where Mrs. Stewart was born
and reared lo womanhood, having
formerly been Miss Amy Cook, the
dauphler of W. P. Cook and wife
e are glad to welcome the younp
people back to this city and trust
they w'ill continue to make this
city their future home.
BUSY NEBRASKA
NEWSPAPER AT
PLATTSMOUTH
The Nebraska City Press Throws
a Good-Sized Bouquet in
This Direction.
N
From Wednesday's Dally.
The Piatt smouth Journal has a
newspaper plant second to none
in Nebraska. A Press man visited
'Bob" Bates for a few minutes on
Sunday afternoon and was shown
throuph the plant of Cass conn-
tv's principal newspaper.
Of course, the new Gnss press
is the thinp of beauiy and joy for
ever in the Journal oince jijsi
now, a newspaper press that will
print, cut and fold i.Ono news
papers per hour, printed off one
up roll of paper, doinp away with
hand-feeding and foldinp. A new
press room has been built for the
accommodation of the press and
needed room added to a buildinp
I hat already is a hip one.
The Journal not only engages
in I lie newspaper misiness as
other small town dailies do; it
has a bip retail stationery, and
office sunnlv business and its
front .office looks like a bower.
showinp, as it does, the touch of
a woman s nana; lor Airs, uon
Bales has. full charpe of the re
tail end of a prosperous business.
We suppose the peole of
Plaltsmouth are proud of the
Journal and its hard-workinp
msiriess manaper who, by the
i . i
way, is Known over ine sruie as
the hardest -working newspaper
man in Nebraska. If Plaltsmouth
loesn't. appreciate the Journal
and the men who have built up
its present wonderful proportions
and preat influence in the county
we do not know just wttat Plalts
mouth WOULD appreciate. Ne
braska City Press.
H. 0. JONES ABLE TO
TO BE UP TO GREET
FRIENDS ON THE STREET
From Wednesday's Dally.
This inorninp our old friend,
W. D. Jones, was down town lor
the lirsl time in some montns and
the sipht of his kindly face was
erv pleasinp to his many friends,
who have preatly .missed him dur
ing his enforced absence, due lo
sickness. Mr. Jones was quite
sick for some weeks and his con
dition caused a great deal of un
easiness lo his family and friends
and his recovery has been hailed
with much pleasure by all those
who have the pleasure of his ac
quaintance, and there is hardly a
person in this section of the
count v who does not know this
iindly old gentleman.
The Stork Gets Busy.
From "Wertnesilav's Dally. "
That kindly old bird the stork
las again made a flying visit to
this city to assist in increasing
the population of the city as he
made a call at the home of Mike
Sedlock and wife Monday even
ing, leaving with them a fine new
daughter and yesterday the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Price
was also, gladdend by a fine new
daughter to make her home with
them until some young1 man
comes alonj? and steals her away.
PATTS1UTH
Complied by W. A. Howard and Is
Complete in Every
Particular.
From Tuesday's Daiiy,
The new city directory, which
has been prepared by W. A. llow
arrd, has been completed and the
books are now k'iiin placed in
the hands of the subscribers. Tin
work is the most' complete of its
kind thai has ever been pollen u
in this city and shows the preat
care that the compiler lias taken
in preparing the book and I her
is no fact in repard to the city
that has been omit led from tin
directory.
J he Iiook consists of 1 i J pa pes
and contains all I he names of th
residents of the city, lopether
with their residences and oecupa
lion. . The directory also has
a
complete list of the lederal and
slate officials, county officers am
a complete 'directory "of the city
government, with all the officers.
members of the council and Ho
different commit lees of that
body. Mr. Howard has also pre
pared a very careful list of the
different corporations, clubs,
churches and their societies, sec
ret societies, which allows one at
a plance to ecure just what in
formal ion they" need in regard to
the citv or its inhabitants.
The work was prepared by Mr.
Howard under the direction of the
Commercial club and both th
club and the compiler can feel
very proud of the work, as it is
complete in every detail and there
has been nothing omitted to make
the book first-class in every way
The typesettinp and press work
was turned out in the Journal
office,' while-the work was bound
in Omaha, where the convenience
for this kind of work are more
complete. The preparing- of tin
direcloi-y has taken Mr. Howard
several months and now thai the
work is finished it is a job most
satisfactory to everyone ami gives
the citizens of Plaltsmouth a
most complete and up-to-date di
rectory of which they can well
feel proud.
PLANS OF THE NEBRASKA
LIGHTING COMPANY. FROM
From Wednesday's Dally-
The Red Oak Electric Lighl
&
Power company are petitioning
Ihe county board Jor a right-of-way
through the county, running
from the east side in a westerly
direction to almost the banks of
the Missouri. The line-will pass
through the following towns, pro
viding the corporations of said
towns grant the franchise. The
towns are: Emerson, Hastings,
Malvern, dlenwood and Pacific
Junction. They want the nghl
to set poles and place wires on
the same for Ihe purpose of con
veying electric power. If you
don't like the idea, better gel busy
with vour reasons by the time of
the bo'ard's. .next meeting. We
prophesy that the establishment
of such a line js wrought with a
promise of some good things for
the citizens of the county. (lien
wood Tribune.
The above is in relation to the
plans of the Nebraska Lighting
company to connect the plant in
this city with the Iowa plants and
to furnish first-class service to
all the cilies along the line of the
Burlington. The lighl inp com
pany has contemplated the re
building of J he plant in this city
with a view o supplying service
to the different towns along the
line of their extension, as Ihe
coal supply is much easier to
reach from this city than any of
the others in which they have
plants and .the plant can be oper
ated cheaper here than in the
other places. Let us hope, that
this comes true and that the com
pany can see tjieir way clear to
carry out their plans.
- Dance Saturday, September 6.
From Tuesday's DaSZy.
The Cosmopolitan " club will
pive the first of Iheseries dances
for the fall and winter on Salur
day night. September 0, al Coales'
hall. The dances in the past
given by this organization have
been very pleasing and esuecial
efforts will lie made 1o make Ihe
opening dance of .Ihe season a
most delightful event. A cordial
invitation is extended to the public
to attend.
WEEPING WATER
a
IN PLATTSMOUTH
They Arrived Last Evening and
Camped Near the Burlington
Bridge List Night
From Tuesday's Daily.
Yesterday afternoon a party of
some seven boys, under the lead
ership of M. M. Redenhaugh, prin
cipal of the Weeping Water acad
emy, arrived in this city about i
o'clock, having completed the first
day of whal is to be a hundred
mile "hike." The hoys were very
tired with their long, hot walk, but
si ill very enthusiastic over the
trip.
They left Weeping Walerat 7
o'clock yesterday morning and
made short, slops en route al
Murray and Myrmrd before arriv
ing in this city. The boys brought
their blankets along with them
and last night they made camp
down near the big Burlington
bridge, and at the first break of
i'a were on tlMir-way, -crossing
the Missouri river here and' con
tinuing their journey on into Iowa
Th"y will make short stops at Pa
cific Junction and Olenwood and
hope to reach Tabor by night
where they will lake a short res
and visit the college located in
that cily.
From Tab.r the boys will start
on their homeward journey, going
y way of Thurman and Pereival,
ova. Nebraska City. Dunbar,
Perl in andl Avoca. The seven
bovs in ttie parly are members of
i Sunda school class in the Con
gregational church in Weeping
';::er and hae the excellent
record of having' a regular at-
ndauce at Sunday school of
fourteen Sundays, and the "hike"
v 1 1 . I
na? neen underiaKen in ceienra-
tton of this splendid record. The
bovs in the class were: Robert
Reed, Oscar Domingo, Erank Do
mingo, Hay jewlon, (iauie man
ually. Jacob Akeson and Harxev
Phillips, and are a nice, clean-
cut looking bunc'.i ornoys.
THE MATRIMONIAL
MARKET TAKES A
SUDDEN BOOM
From Wednesday's Dally.
Since the return of County
Judge Beeson from his vacation
the market for the sale of mar-
iage licenses seems to have
aken a sudden boom, as the
judge has just issued a permit to
wed to Emery K. Reese, aged 60,
and Mrs. Sadie E. Fulmer, aged
45, both of fireenwood, who will
e united at their home town. The
judge also issued a license to
John II. C.raser of Omaha, and
Mis Clara Phillips of Des Moines.
The last-named couple having
leard much of the judge's ability
in the line of tying the matri
monial knot,- called upon him to
unite them in the bonds of holy
wedlock, which he did in his
usual impressive manner, and the
parlies left Ihe court house as
happy as larks.
Vincent Pilney departed last
evening on .No. z lor Baltimore,
where he will, attend the national
convention of the T. "jTSokol so
ciety, which is to meet in that
city tho coming week, Mr. Pilney
is the delegate from the local so
ciety.
HIKERS
ARFilVE
UNION SERVICES
AT THE PARK
Meeting a Most Interesting One, a
Fine Attendance and Enjoyed
by All Present.
From Tuesday's Dally
At the Union meeting held Sun
day evening at the park, whqre
the societies of the Methodist
Presbyternian and Christian
churches met jointly, much in
terest was manifested. The music
was h-d by Don C. York and con
sisted of those old-time melodies
which does one good to hear, aiu
as sang by th' enthusiastic young
people sounded very beautiful on
the pure evening air.
The meeting was under Ihe
direction of Mr. Philip Rhin, who
congratulated those present on
the auspicious occasion, as wel
as thanking tnem lor tneir pres.
ence and assistance.
Herbert Cotton was the first on
the program, reading the lesson,
to which all listened with much
interot, and was followed by Rev
W. I.. Austin, with a very impres.
sive prayer, wtncn .maue a ueep
impression upon his hearers. Rev
D. I.. Dunkleberger spoke on
"There (iocs the Ship." drawing
a picture in which he made each
individual a ship upon the sea of
life, all on business bent, but
hound for the shore of eternity,
where we are to land at one of
two ports. He asked which?
E. H. Wescott spoke on the
"Outdoor Altars," giving a bibical
history of those erecting altars
and the growth of Ihe services
which originated with them.
L. Karley followed with lessons
from animals mentioned in the
bible, of which he cited many,
making -comparisons which show
ed many of the characteristics of
man in the animals. Miss Crete
Briggs spoke lo the teaching of
flowers and plans, drawing hope
and inspiration from their bright
ness and beauty, showing where,
with their fragrance, they had
given hope o many discouraged.
Miss Mai lie Larson followed by a
reading of "Robin Redbreast,"
which was given in an excellent
manner, but was unable to cope
with an engine in ttie shop yards,
which kept blowing off steam dur
ing the entire time she was read
ing. The meeting was closed by
a benediction by R. W. Bryan,
and the gathering voted to have
another meeting of this kind in
Ihe near future.
VALUABLE COW SHOT BY
SOME RECKLESS HUNTER
A few days ago Byron Reed,
who resides a few miles south of
this city, sustained a severe loss
when one of his most valuable
cows died of blood poisoning as
(he "result of being shot by ome
parly or "parties, while she v was
grazing in the pasture on the
Reed place. The shooting occur
red Thursday and Sunday the cow
died, as the shot had penetrated
into her so far as to cause the
blood to become poisoned, and
despite. all that could be done she
lied. This loss is quite heavy for
Mr. Reed and is an outrage that
should be punished, as too much
reckless shooting is indulged in
on the different farms without
regard for the fact that a person
or stock is liable to he hit by the
flving bullets, and in many cases
little regard is given the right siif
the people owning the land on
which the shooting is done.- The
parties committing the outrage
at the Reed place, if found out,
should be punished to the fullest
extent of the law and made to re
spect the property rights of
others if they have not got
enough common sense to
recognize the difference, between
right and wrong.
The Holly orchestra departed
this afternoon via automobile for
Louisville, where they are to play
this evening at a social dance.
They will also appear at Weeping
Water tomorrow evening, playing
at a danco to be given at the Phil-
pot hall in that city.
Has Painful Accident.
From Tuesday's Daily.
This morning Herbert Sher
wood, who is employed at the
urlinglon shops as a painter, hat
a very painful experience whib
engaged at his work. He was gel
ling down from a tressle upon
which he had been standing it
paint a car, and as he sleppci
down he missed his fooling and
slipped, .throwing out his right
arm to save himself from falling,
and in so doing ran a large
splinter some Ihree inches in
length off the trestle into his arm
The splinter entered just abov
the elbow and ran clear through
the arm. The wound was dressei
by a surgeon and Herb returned
lo work, although the arm was
quite sore from the flVcts of the
injury.
WIFE-BEATER AT
WEEPING WATER
Neighbors Very Much Incensed
Over Matter, but No Arrest
Has Been Made.
Quite a great deal of excitement
occurred in our neighboring city
of Weeping Water Tuesday night,
according lo a report from that
city. A man by the name of John
Morgan became involved in a con
troversy with his wile over Ihe
princely sum of 5 cents, and as
a result of the argument they
came to blows. The wife of Mor-
an, it seems, desired lo have the
tamily laundry brought home, and
as Ihe bov that usually does this
service was not around she se
cured a delivery man to bring' it
lo the house, and paid him T
cents for doing so, which greatly
incensed the husband, who up-
iraided her for her ext ravangance
in expending this amount of
money and struck her, when the
neighbors, hearing the noise of
the conflict, rushed in and stop
ped the fracas before any serious
lamage could be done.
The woman was taken lo the
home of one of the neiahhors and
Ihe man warned to keep the peace
in Ihe future. The citizens of
thai community were quite m-
ensed over the affair, and were
ery urgent to have proceedings
taken against the man for the
outrage, as it is understood m
Weeping Water thai the man has
een in the habit of raising sev
eral assorted brands of trouble
around his home, although this is
the first time the matter has been
wrought to the attention of Ihe
public. It is not likely, however,
that the officials will lake any ac
tion in life mailer as long as the
man will keep the peace and cut
out the disturbances.
. 0 U. W.'S OF OMAHA TO
The tribe of hase ball stars.
leaded by the one and only Frank
Quigley, will pay a visit to our
little cily on next Sunday, as
Manager Johnson of the Boost-
i i j L
ers has secured a game wuu me
. O. U. W.'s of Omaha for thai
ay and they will be here in all
their war paint and prepared to
give battle to the local boys. The
A. O. U. W. team was here last
fall for a number of games and
always drew good crowds, as the
games piayeu wnn mem were
closelv contested and interesting
from start to finish. Frank Quig-
ey has pitched a number of
games himself this season, and il
is not known whether or not he
will appear on the mound against
the Boosters, all hough if tie does
ie will receive a warm reception
from the fans.
Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our many
ind neighbors and friends for
the sympathy and kindness shown
us at the death of our dear
mother, and we wish also to thank
them for the beautiful floral of-
erings.
The Reinhackle Family.
THE DEATH OF A
MOST ESTIMABLE
YOUNG WOMAN
A Community Mourns the Demise
of Miss Jessie Fox, Who
Was Loved by All
From Wednesday's Dally.
This morning at 7:h.1 o'clock,
after suffering for tin past three
months from anemia, Mi-s Jessie
Fox, the .youngest daughter of
County Treasurer and Mrs. W. K.
Fox. passed away to tier final re
ward. Through all the long
months since she was taken sick
Jessie had borne without a mur
mur her sufferings, and as the
near approach of the messenger
of death open.-d her eyes to take
the last farewell of the deol.d
father and mother, who during all
these weeks have walched an. I
labored hoping lo win I heir loved
one back from the fatal sickness.
but the nature of the sicklies
made if very hard for them to
draw much hope of the recovery
of their beloved child.
Miss Jessie was taken sick in
Ihe Jailer part of May while visit
ing friends at Elmwood and re
turned to her home, where she
was forced to take lo ner ne.i ami
since that lime her condition has
gradually grown worse until the
summons of Ihe Masler brought
her the relief from her sufferings.
Since she was taken sick .Miss
Jessie has been unable o take
nourishment and this resulted in
the gradual breakdown of her
system and made her recovery a
matter of grave doubt.
- Jessie Ipne Fox was borii in
Ihe city of Platlsmoulh on De
cember 22, 181)0, and celebrated
her twenty-second birthday last
December. She was reared to
womanhood in Ibis cily, and dur
ing the years of her life here has
endeared herself to all who knew '
her by her sweet and lovable dis
position, and her dealh, coming
as it does, just al Ihe dawning- of
a bright young womanhood will
cause a leeiirig or ueep griei
throughout th cily where she
Was so well known and much be-
oved. While al lending the pub
ic school'in Ibis cily Miss Jessie
was attacked iy sickness inai
made it necessary for her lo
abandon her school work.' and
from Ihe effects of this illness she
never entirely recovered and il
made the last sickness much
harder for her to shake olT.
Miss Jessie spent, some three
years at Houston, Texas, where
her health seemed to be greatly
improved. She returned to this
city about live years ago, and
since tti.it time has lived here
with the exception of the time
spent in Lincoln, where she was
employed two years ago at the
session of Ihe legislature as an
engrossing clerk in the senate,
ami al the last session she oc
cupied n similar position in the
house of representatives ami
made many friends there by her
splendid ability along this line
of work. Besides the father and
mother, one brother, W. K. Fox.
of this cily and one sisler, Mrs.
Thomas li. Salmon', of fialesburg,
Illinois, are lef lo mourn the loss
of this well beloved young lady,
and to them the deepest sympathy
of Ihe entire community goes out
in this, their hour of grief, that
has taken from them the light of
their home.
The funeral of Miss Jessie Fox
win ne neui i riuay aflernoon at
2:30 at the home on firariite
street, and will be conducted by
Rev. M. W. Lorimer of the First
Presbyterian church, and the body
laid to rest in Oak Hill cemelerv.
Miss Lyall Chamberlain of
Leadville, Colorado, who has been
here for some weeks, a guest at.
the Fred Kunzmann home, depart
ed yesterday! afternoon for Den
ver, Avhere she will visit for a
short time before returning to her
home in Leadville.
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