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c4 f,. mrtoutb vr VOL. XXXII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1913. NO. 72. Platte FIFTY-EIGHT INDIAN SKULLS UNEARTHED The Scene of Excavation Attract ed Large Crowds of People From City and County. From Friday's Daily. The discovery of Ihe Indians at the the skulls of V. D. Jones place Wednesday afternoon caused much stir among ha: the students of early history of the state, and as soon as the word of their discovery was conveyed to the state university Prof. Ellis o that institution was dispatched to this city "and arrived yesterday afternoon, as did also Prof. Gilder of Omaha, and the work of ex cavating the remains was com menced at once by these penile- men. Owing to the great length of lime apparently which the skull have rested beneath the earth has softened the bones so that they crumble easily and that makes it difficult to handle them. From what he could judpe of the char acter of the skulls unearthed Prof. Gilder was inclined to the opinion that thev were those of Indians of the pre-Columbian period, or before the discovery of America by Columbus, as there has been frequent sipns found in this section of the west of in habitants who antedated the dis covery of America. If this sur mise is true the remains have re posed where thev were found for several centuries and the well perserved condition of them for so many hundred years mav be due to the fact that the sloping hillside allowed the water to easilv run off and the moisture did not stand on the graves caus inp the bodies to decay very rapid!". Some very pood specimens were secured from the pile of some fifty-eight that were finally un earthed by noon yesterday, and ranged from those of real young people to those that were ap parently aged men. One almost complete skeleton was unearthed, which was dug up and placed in bags, as was also the skulls, for shipment to Lincoln to the state university for restoration. If was thought by Prof. Gilder lhat the reason for finding only the skulls was due to the fact that many times on the march In dians would die, and believing the head to be the source of knowl edge and wisdom, they would be carried to the camping place of the tribe and buried, and in this way many of the heads would be well seasoned before being buried. The fact of complete skeletons is accounted for by the fact that one or two' of the tribe would die at the camping place ami be buried with the heads of the rest of his departed tribesmen. With some Indians it is also the custom of the tribe for the widows to keep the heads or other bones of their departed chiefs around in order to worship, and some of the widows would have a whole back yard full of dried tip editions of masculine Indian beauty. The date of the building of the residence occupied by Mr. Jones has been fixed at about 1856 by some of the early residents, and it was put up by J. J. Worley, who lived there and occupied the place until 1803, when it was sold to D. If. Wheeler, and in the same year transferrer! to the mother of Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis, and was occupied by the Lewis family for a long time, and it was while their family was residing there that the addition on the east side of the house, beneath which the bones were found, was erect ed, and it is thought probable that a number of bones were unearth ed at that time, but excited no comment, as the finding of Indian burial places along the Missouri river bluffs was then a very com mon thing and there were few spots along the river bluffs here that did not show signs of being Indian grave yards. Castoria week at Gering & Co. Genuine Fletcher CastoHa, 1c. Gering & Co. 'Phone 36. Inquiry About Jesse Blunt. jne snerm is in receipt, or a notice from Gravity, Iowa, asking when Jesse Blunt, who had a restaurant here and who left after he had a fire, was divorced from his wife and for avhat cause. The man intimates that Jesse is pass ing himself off as a single man over where lie is at this time Nebraska City Xews. The residents of Gravity, Iowa. neeu 1101 worry uiemseives as 10 . . 11 -1 j Jesse's matrimonial status, as the law of Nebraska separated him from his wife in this citv on March 21, 1911. his wife filing- an action for divorce against him in the district court and was award ed the verdict. THE BAND CONCERT IS WELL ATTENDED From Friday's Daily. Ihe chilly weather last evening interferred to a large extent witli the attendance at the concert given by (he Hurlington hand .it the High school grounds", al though there was a very pood- sized crowd present. The pro- grain was very well rendered throughout by Ihe members of the band, and all in attendance were greatly pleased with the manner in which the different selections were given, and the number from The Prince of Pilsen" was par ticularly good and much enjoyed by the audience, as was "The Forge in the Forest" and "The Wedding of the Fairies." both of which showed much ability on the part of the band boys. The cool weather of last evening pointed clearly that the concerts will soon be numbered with the things of the past and that this pleasiner form of entertainment will be lost to the music-loving public of the city. It is to be hoped the band will continue its work during the winter months by holding con certs at the Parmele theater dur ing the season, which would be profitable to the band boys, as well as entertaining to the public, and the band could net quite a neat sum. as everybody would be glad to attend and enjoy the ex cellent music. AUTO UPSETS NEAR WEEPING WATER Messrs. F. II. Gorder, John D. Cheek had an auto Noel I and S. experience last Saturday that would stand so little chance of coming out so luckily for them another time that they would want a good deal of money to go through it again. They were making the trip to Louisville, where Mr. Gorder was planning to get a train to Platts. mouth, and had an upset while turning west toward Manley at Ihe corner three miles north of town. The car, which was Mr. Cheek's Ford, and was being driven by Mr. Noell, went over on its side, but except for damaging the wind shield and fender slight ly and shaking up the occupants of the car and giving Mr. Gorder a few scratches on Ihe ear. the accident was not of a serious nature. The car was running about fif teen to eighteen miles an hour and the road was perfectly smooth at the corner, but with the dust so thick as it was the speed was too great, it seems, for Ihe car to keep its equilibrium. After securing some lubricat ing oil to replace that which had spilled out of the tank, the men proceeded to Plattsmouth in stead of trying to make the train at Louisville, and made the trip and return without further mis hap. Weeping Water Repub. lican. Evening Journal, 10c per week. Auto Bargain. On account of having taken the distributor's agency for Ne braska and western Iowa for the Henderson automobile, I will sell my Chalmers 36 auto cheap for! cash. First-class condition. Used one year. T. H. Pollock. 9-13-5td-2twkly K.WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH One of the Most Clever Comedies Every Presented in This City Good Audience Present. From Friday's Dally. For those who desire a good, would recom . Will's of the hearty laugh we mend seeing " Mrs Cabbage Patch." which play wa shown at the Parmele (heater last evening before a fair-sized audi ence. The play, which is taken from the two stories of Alice He- gan nice, Mr.. lggs and "Lovey Mary," was very pleasing and enacted the part of the poor persecuted girl to perfect ion. The chief comedy features of the play centered themselves around the characters of "Miss Hazy," acted by Miss Myra Jefferson, and that of "Mr. Stubbins." which was interperated by Jules Walters. The part of "Mrs. Wiggs." the optimist, was taken by Mrs. Grace Leith Hodgkins in a very sweet and charming manner and her enactment of the scenes from the life of this sweet, lovable char acter was one that pleased every one fortunate enough to attend trie play. the whole company was one that did much credit to themselves and pleased everyone by their handling of this play, which represents a rapidly dis appearing rural element, and Manatrer Shlaes was very fortun ate in securing such an excellent company for the opening or the season, and if his other attrac tions will come up to the one last evening there is no need to com plain. One of the pleasing features of the evenings entertainment was the excellent music furnished by the orchestra of Prof. Frank J. Kolbaba, which will have charge of the music at the theater this winter. The fact of the band concert detained some of the or chestra members fur a short, time after Ihe show was started, but when the complete orchestra started the selections the audi ence was surprised and deiignteq with the quality of music fur nished and the sextette from "Lucia" was one the equal of anything heard in this citv for many seasons. Prof. Kolbaba is to be congratulated on the splen did orchestra he has succeeded in athering together and the city can wen reel proud or ttie new orchestra. There was certainly much pleasure expressed at the theater in repard to the orchestra and its able leader. MANY NEW CONCRETE WALKS WERE PUT IN THIS SEASON One of the greatest improve ments fhat has been made in this city in the past few years, and one that greatly impresses anyone in walking over the different parts of the city, is the large number of permanent walks that have been placed throughout the city, in keeping with the policy of the mayor and city council, who be lieve in extending these walks as often as the city finances will warrant, and as a result of this there is hardly a city of this size in the state that can boast of as many miles of permanent walks as Plattsmouth. This city covers a great deal more territory than is usual in the smaller towns of the state and wherever you go there will be found good, sub stantial walks as lasting as the hills themselves, and which are forcible reminders of the progress the city has made toward the front in the past few years. The great progress that has been made here is not noticed much by Ihe residents until they visit some of the other small towns of the state and compare Ihe improve ments made here with those in other places, and it can then be readily seen that . Plattsmouth, under its present capable man agement, is slowly but surely forging to the front. Change in Date of Examination. The dale of the civil service ex amination for substitute clerk at the postofiice in this city has been changed from Saturday, Septem ber 13, to Saturday. September -'7. The date for filing applications has been extended to September 23 by the poslofiiee authorities, in order to a (ford an opportunity to all who desire to file their papers As a special inducement the de partment has issued a permit to all male applicants who may reach the age of 18 within oin month from the date 01 uie exam ination to file their application. TWO BIG GERMAN DAYS 0GT0BER18THAND19TH iacn succeeding day brings us closer to the big event of the year in this city, that of the celebration of German Pay, and which event is being looked for ward to with much interest by all Ihe residents of the city, re gardless of the nationality. The result of last year's celebration showed that the occasion could be made one of great pleasure to all, and the committee this year is busily engaged in arranging to provide a much more varied pro gram than that of last year, al though the dramatic and musical features furnished by Mr. Reese of Omaha. and the dramatic company were all that could pos sibly have been asked for, and that Ihe committee will be able to secure this excellent company for this year is to be hoped. Thf parade this year of Jhe different German societies and citizens of German descent will be on a much larger scale than before ami will be a sp-ndid demon stratum of these Worthy people and an occasion where thev can an gei logeiuer ami iaiK over ine many happy occasions of th past, when they have met. and it will create a feeling of pride There is not a German in the county who should not be out in attendance at the celebration of German Dav. as it will be one long1 lo be remembered and should be made the occasion of a demonstration that will long bo . . . 1 t 1 rememnereu as one 01 uie greatest gatherings of these sturdy citizens that has been heb in this section of the state. BOY SCOUTS OUT ON ANOTHER "HIKE" From Saturday's Dallv. Quite a party of the Boy Scouts, under the leadership of Scoutmaster Latterly of Omaha, departed this morning on a "hike" for the Slreight farm, north of this city, where they will spend the day in healthful and clean sports in the bracing air. The boys greatly -enjoy these excursions into the country and have an able leader in Mr. Laf. ieriy, wno tnorougniy enters in to the spirit of the occasion and assists m making the hike verv much enjoyed by, the boys, and mere is nothing in ine world so ViAnnfieinl irk Ihiim a e 4 ti 5 rml I im v i v m v . 1 ill c 1111D pCLI 111(7 out into the open, especially in such delightful weather as we have been having the last few days, and the parents should en courage their young bovs to get in and enjoy the benefits of this splendid organization. Departs for Montana. Yesterday Eddie Vallerydepart- ed for Lewiston, Montana, near where he expects to engage in farming in the famous Judith basin, where such successful crops have been raised the past season. Mr. allery is a young farmer of much experience and has been quite successful in his farm work in this county and will find a much larger field to work on in Ihe new land of the Judith basin, which is rapidly developing into splendid farming land, and it is safe lo predict lhat he will make the proposition prove a winner. HI. Trit8ch, refracting optician, at Geritfg & Co.'s Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Examination free. THE BOOSTERS GET ANOTHER E Brodegaard Crowns No Match for the Boosters, as the Result Will Demonstrate. It was certainly a hard fate that steered the Brodegaard Crowns up against Ihe Roosters nf this . city, and perhaps it will be an bjecl lesson to the sellers of the glittering gems that they had better gather together a bunch of ball players before trying to come down here lo cop a game from our sterling athletics, who are certainly some ball players when they get started, and yesterday afternoon one Walter Connor and the rest of the team turned loose and played one of those games you read about, with the result that only one hit was made off Connor's delivery, although a number of the visitors reachet first on errors, but were unable to et in llagging distance of the home plate, and their pride wa humbled by a score of 12 to 0. In the opening spasm of the game Connor struck out noth Conklin and Whitaker, whil Gibbs, Ihe only real ball player on the team, was put out on a lly to first base. The result when the Boosters went to bat is pitiful to lei;, as the bovs proceeded to fatten their batting averages at the expense of youmr Mr. Burkee who Mas trying to do the spitball -tunt for the visitors, and at the end of the inning had rang up seven fine, juicy scores, which put the game all lo the soft. Ileal, the firt man up, placed a ground er to shortstop that Mr. Gibbs failed to handle with the proper amount of speed and Beal was safe, and he then proceeded to steal second and third, and im a wild throw to third to catch him he came home with the first run of the game. Carle succeeded in copping out one of the Burke lauts for a nice single to right; Connor was put out on a slow grounder to first, and then the war broke out, as .Wolf, the next mari up, was hit by the pitcher and given his base, Arries aerificed to third, but was safe. as the ball was not fielded in time and he was followed by Walter Sal.-burg, who planted a nice safe one to short that brought in Carle and advanced the other runners. and when Smith secured a fly in to left field Arries and Wolf registered at t lie home plate. Jeff Salsburg. the fast second base man, who is also some sticker. decided to try his luck with the visitors and succeeded in getting a nice Jong fly to center field that brought in Smith and W. Sals- burg, and later scored himself on Mason's hit to first, base. The ide was retired b Mason being caught on a steal at third and Carle striking out, as the team had all batted around. In the fifth inning, just to keep their hand in, the Boosters annexed another run, Connor driving a safe one into left field. Wolf was struck out, Arries sacrificed Connor to tihrd and Con came home on the hit of W. Salsburg to center, but the side was retired when baisburg was caught at third base. The visitors were simply helpless at all stages of the game and were eating out of the hand of Connor, so com pletely did he have the game un- . i j aer control, ana it, is surprising the score was not even larger than it was. More humiliation was handed the visitors in the seventh, when Carle, the first man up, hit safe to center and was advanced on the sacrifice of Conner and scored on the strikeout of Wolf and Arries. The eighth inning saw almost as complete a slaughter as the first inning had been, and had it not been for Ihe charitable dis position of the local boys they might have been batting still. The inning opened by Walter Salsburg going out from short stop to first and put some life GAM SUNDAY jotindiy, and trie contest was pro ductive of some very sensationa playing, and several daring base slealijtig stunts were pulled off, in which the players did not tak more than live minutes , get Horn one base to another. Anton Hula was on Ihe slab for tli blacksmiths and pitched a very good game, although his team mates were greatly suffering irom tack ot practice and a num ber of errors were made thai gave the machinists an advanlag early in the game that they main tamed until the close, when ttiev won by a score oi rf to j, and for a few minutes it looked like th boys with the sledges were going to be shut out, but they managed to squeeze in two runs at tin close of the game that saved their bacon. A pew pitcher 'named Smith, who it. is reported was formerly with the Denver Western league team, pitched for the machinists, but his perform into the visitors, but they were soon robbed of their joy, as Smith, the Fremont terror, came to bat and "bingled" into center field, and although live of the visitor's tried to field the ball it was safe. J. Salsburg hit to sec ond and was safe. Smith going to third on the hit, and when Mason placed a nice little single into right lield. he came home. Beal, who was batting about Him), came up at this time and walloped the leather on the nose for a drive to short that scored J. Salsburg. and when the high fly of Carle's was caught in the center garden Ma son came in with another run and Connor stopped proceedings by flying out to left field. This ended the airony as far as scor ing was concerned, as the visitors were unable to do business with the slants of Mr. Connor and re tired far wiser than when they started up against the aggrega tion representing this city. Another Game. There was much fun at the Booster base ball park Saturday afternoon, when Ihe combined forces of the Burlington shops crossed bats with the boys from the blacksmith shop and brass ance Saturday rather shook the idea that he had been in the league, as his pitching, while he was full of steam, was easy to solve arid that the score was not closer is due lo the misjudgments made by the blacksmiths. The line-up or the warriors was as follows : Blacksmith-Foundry Pries, Ifadraba. catch: Hula, pilch: Con nor, first: Gradoville. second; Brinkman. Preis. third: Ilasson, short; Wallengren. right; Habb, center: roman. leit. Machinists llerold. catch ; Smith, pitch; Rice, first: Geis, second: Yroman, third: Andrews, short; Copeiihaver, right; White, center; Lutz, left. A PLEASANT EVENT ATI THE K. S. HALL SUNDAY A very pleasant and delightful. social time was enjoyed yesterday afternoon and last evening at the K. S. hall, in the west part of the city, when the St. Agnes Sodality of the Holy Rosarv church gave an ice cream social, which was one or tne most pleasing anairs that has been given here for some time. In the evening a very pleasant social dance was given. which was attended by a large number of the young people, who pent several hours tripping to the delightful music furnished by Cyril Janda and Miss Clara Janda on the violin and piano, and it was with regret that I hey de parted for their homes at the close of the delightful evening's entertainment. FOR SALE We have for sale over thirtv homes in I'latismout n, with from two to fourteen lots with each place, the houses rang ing in size from three to eight rooms, situated in various parts of the city. Prices ranging from 500.00 up to $3,500.00. Easy terms. Let us know what you want, and how you wish to make payments. Windham Investment & Loan Co. Castoria, 35c size, 19o. & Co. 'Phone 36. Gering FOB CASS COUNTY PEOPLE ARE IN TROUBLE Mr. and Mrs. Asa McCullough and Son Figure in a Disgrace ful Incident. The fullowiiijr account of a somewhat disgraceful affair oc curred in Kansas City recently, and a three of the parties are former residents of Cass county we publish the same just as it ap peared in the Kansas i.ity rost. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough former ly resided near Murray, and dur ing their residence in this county there was much trouble between them at different -times, and at one time action ior uivorce was started by McCullough in the dis trict court here in l'.HiS, but wa liter dismissed by him, but their omestic troubles continued, but since the sate ot their beiom: ni: the familv removed from the ounly and their whereabout were unknown until uie article appeared in the Kansas City papers. Mr. McCullough at one ime attempted lo commit suicide n one of the local saloon, but was brought out of his attempt to end his life by the prompt Work of the doctors, lie is at present engaged in the saloon business in Kansas City, and hi son, who has grown to manhood since their removal from I hi count y, i employe"! as a lithographer in that city. The story is very sen sational and in kerping with thr former troubles the family had in this county: Following a free-for-all fi:rhf at the home of Mrs. May Danholz er. 1017 West Seventeenth street, at 11 o'clock last nisht. Mrs. Danholzer was fined 50 in the South municipal court this morn ing and Asa McCullough. L'Oii Summit street, will spend six months on the county rock pile. He pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons in the criminal court this morning' and received that sentence from Judge Lat shaw. According lo the story lold in police court this morning, the tight occurred when Mrs. Eliza beth McCullough, wife of Aa Mc Cullough. followed her husband to Mrs. Banholzer's home. Mrs. McCullough was accompanied by her son, Arthur. l'J years old. Mother and son hid behind bushe in the front yard and they testified they saw McCullough enter the home. Mrs. Danlmlber's husband works at night. Arthur, the son. went into th' house and forcibly ejected his father. The elder McCullough i said to have drawn a revolver and fired at his son five times. On the other side of the yard Mrs. McCullough and Mrs. Dan holzer battle! savagely. Mrs. McCullough this morning said she had intended to mark her hu band's affinity for life, if possible. Police stopped the fracas and took all the participants to the station. "My husband has been going with that woman for six month." Mrs. McCullough testified in court this morning, "lie has even ad mitted as much lo me. So ha the woman. I just got tired of being a forgolfen wife and look things into my own hands. I pleaded with him for months to let her alone and come back to me." Mrs. Danholzer admitted Mc Cullough had been coming lo see her, but said their relations never had been improper. McCullough spent the night at police headquarters and (his morning he was taken over lo I lie prosecuting attorney's office. lie i about 50 years old. The women are younger. . For Sal. My Hamiltonian driving mare, perfectly safe and sound. Bt family horse in the city. T. H. Pollock. r -- . ,. i - - '
