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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
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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.
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