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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1917.
No. 187.
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SUPERINTENDENT
TAMS OF POOR FARM
FILES HIS REPORT
From Friday's IXaily.
At a meeting of
the board of
county commissioners this week Su
perintendent G. II. Tarns of the county
farm filed his report for the year
ending M-irch 1, 1)17, showing the
receipts and expenditures for the
year, and it certainly is one that
shows a careful conduct of the affairs
of the farm throughout, with stricc
business like methods of handling the
purchase of supplies and sale of the
products from the farm. The re
ceipts for the year as shown by the
report were as follows: From sales
of grain and produce, S1,4..7.C4;
value trrain on hand. $1,720.00; per
manent Improvements made, $489.4."
In the expenditures made on the
farm there were the following: Gro
cents and meats, $.100.99 : clothing
and .-hoes. $74.74; hardware, harness
and blacksmith work, $24o.l.; drugs
and paints, ?128.."0; lumber and fur
r.iture, $182.90; implements and oil,
$:u;0; stock, seed corn and brooms.
2'; carpenter and painter work
$l:i. o."; coal and ice, $244.82; thresh
ing, shelling, etc., SS0; superintend
ents salary, $1,170.
There were during the year twenty
six inmates at the farm and at pres
ent there are nineteen kept at the
arm. two having died and five remov
ed from the farm to reside elsewhere.
This report is very concise and made
in a manner that reflects great credit
upon the efficient supreintendent of
Nebraska's model countv farm.
SENIOR CLASS
OF HIGH SCHOOL
MAKING PLANS
rmn Friday's Daily.
The young people of the senior
class of the Plattsmouth high school
have commenced to turn their thought
to the day not far away when they
will be graduated from the high
school and be fitted to take up their
duties in life. The members of the
class of 1917 have already decided up
on a number of the important dates
for the final acts in their high school
career. The class has selected Rev.
H. G. McClusky of the Presbyterian
church to deliver the baccalaureate
sermon to the members of the class
on Sunday evening, May 20th, at the
Presbyterian church. The class play
will be given at the Parmele theatre
on Monday evening. May 21st, and
the members of the class are now pre
paring for this event. The day of
days for the graduates will take place
on Wednesday, May 2"rd, when the
commencement exercises will be held
at the Parmele theatre.
These occasions are all golden in
the memory of those who have passed
through them and the boys and girls
of the hieh school class this year will
share with those of the classes in the
years gone by the recollections of the
graduation time from the high school.
FINE WRESTLING BOUT
IN PROSPECT WEDNESDAY
The wrestling fans of the city are
looking forward to the forthcoming
wrestling match at the roller skating
rink on Wednesday evening, March
14th, with much interest, when Bill
Hokuf, of Omaha, and Rudy Warner,
of Howells, will give an exhibition of
the art of wrestling that is promised
to be one of the best that has been
staged in this city this season. Both
men are confident of winning and Ho
kuf has posted a handicap that he will
throw the Howells man two falls in
one hour, while Warner is confident
of being able to get away with the
victory. The management has ar
ranged to have a raised platform at
me ruiK so uuii an peultuI, m ue
able to secure a good view of the
match. Joe Spence of Louisville will .
be the referee of the match and it ;
v""rcs w -
Charles A. Patterson of Arapahoe
was a visitor in the city over Sunday
with his brothers and other relatives
and friends, departing this morning .
for the west. , !
SHERIFF SECURES WATCH.
From Friday's Dailv.
Sheriff C. D. Quinton who has been
looking up traces of the robbers who
have been operating in different parts
jof the county has found one of the
mussing watches taken from a store
in Murdock which was burglarized
so ne few weeks ago. The watch was
located in one of the pawn shops in
Omaha where it had been sold a few
days ago by a stranger. The fact
that it is such a short distance from
j Omaha to differents parts
of this
county makes the task of discovering
the robbers one of great difficulty,
o r u
as when thev iret into Omaha nnr
thfv nn mmnarativplv S9fB tfc-
officers of the law, in the underworld
, .u" ? .L , ,
of that city that shelters the crimi
nals.
ESSAY QN GEORGE
WASHINGTON HIGH-
ill If A n f a miMviMH
WAY IfKrA I K Nil I II .I"
From Friday's pail v.
The George Washington Highway
association, that is planning the great
transcontinental hie-hwav from Savan-
nah, Ga., to Seattle, Wash., recently
decided that to create interest in the
-
highway and to frive its aim and mir-
pose a clearer position before the gen-
eral public, that they would offer to
the scholar in the seventh or eighth
grade of the schools in the cities
through which the high passed a $5"c o-,c" !,ulun,,"li u u '"rt circuit
naid-un stock certificate in tb bio-n.
wav fnr ih Kocf co,. .m.AV;nn. ua
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suhiect of the hitrhwnv Tha nri.
tion sent out maps of the highway and
outlined the subject, "Why the George
Washington Highway is destined to be
the Leading Highway in the United
States." These notices of the prize
were sent out to all the schools and
the Plattsmouth city schools were giv
en an opportunity to participate as
they are located on the highway, and
accordingly, the teachers in the sev
enth and eighth grades invited their
pupils to join in the contest and sub
mit essays on the story of the high
way. In this city twenty-four of the
rmA ar,c nA :u,i
-" :u
essays to be passed upon. 1 he judges
in the local contest selected the first
1 ii as iUuua. n'i
Patton; second, Fern Noble; third,
Theodosia Kroehler; fourth, Carl
Wurl. One of the papers that is con-
sidered the best will be sent to Omaha
to be submitted in the general contest,
and that of Miss Patton was selected
as being the one covering the subject
in the clearest and most concise man-
ner and will accordingly be turned
over to the directors of the George
TI 1-! A IT- 1
Washington Highway association.
TALKING PRELIMI
NARY STEPS FOR
BASE BALL
The near approach of the spring
days has brought to the minds of
many the question of whether or not
we are to have a base bfc.ll team this
season and if so that it is nearing the
time when the first preliminary steps
toward securing a proper start were
taKen. several players who were
with the team last season have re-
moved from the city and this makes
it necessary to secure others to fill
their places as well as to provide for
taking care of the weak spots in the
team. Last season the Red Sox en-
joyea a gooa patronage irom xne tans casion was one that wm , be
and made a verv erood record in theli i i 1 , , . .
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games played throughout the season,
ana also tangiea witn some 01 tne
.1
league, as wen as tne last organi-
zations from the surrounding towns.
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until the call of the umpire will
arouse ine ians irom tneir winter
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meditation and this city certainly
cV,l 4 i. t
a"uulu a w icpicut uinii
and furnish the entertainment
for
iuve,5 vi tnis sport. A oase oau
team deserves the hearty support of
the residents of the city and from all
prospects this year should be the most
,f 7U ' uV"7r' Ui u,e, CKy
F. J. Hennings, wife and -sons. Her-
man and Albert, were in the city Sat-
urday to spend a few hours trading
with the merchants and calling on
their friends
BLOWING UP OF
HILL NEAR FERRY
YESTERDAY
Large Number Witness the Firing of
Explosives That Trimmed the
ITill Down.
From Saturday's Daily.
Tl,o VI ...tw, , r . 1 e t
I iMi j' ,
hill just south of the ferry landing
I J
n Ine river roaa attracted a great
, aeaj oi attent
tion yesterday afternoon
and a large part of the male popula-
tion of the city that could be on the
scene were present to witness the
(unusual spectacle. The drilling for
the holes for the explosive had been!
going on all day and at 3 o'clock a
number of small shots were set off
to enlarge the holes in the shale rock
to permit putting in the charges. Ten
I of the drilled holes were made and
"' -tv.n n inc.c Ktrv triitjr -n e puuiiu.
of blasting powder was placed with
a stick of dynamrte and to this an
I electric wire was attached forming
a circuit. Alter the loading of the
I holes the workmen sought points of
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safety where they would be out of the
Maner 2one and the charge was fired
b' electricity by W. J. Patridge, who
has nad cha-'Pe of the work, Mr. Pat-
ride being situated on the hill some
3o0 feet south of the section that was
10 I,,own UP- ine explosion was
m tne wire but on this being repair-
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lvu " was cetainiy a success, a loud
, .
a""ounteu nrin oi tne ex
plosives ana in an instant tne
in an instant the air
for a radius of several hundred feet
was filled with dust and particles of
small rocks that were hurled high
in the air by the force of the explos
ion, ine greater part of the specta
tors sought places of safety from the
effects of the blast on the hillside on
the farm of William Ferguson, just From Saturday's Dai'v.
north of the s'ecene of 'operation, the The ladies of the Past Chiefs so
only ones defying the effects of the ciety were entertained in a verv
oiasi were tmii veyrich and Leonard
Meismger, who desired to secure a
good picture of the discharge of the
eXDlOSlVPS and thpv wpro Tint i n an-
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dangr although the rock flew quite
iievely within fift y feet of them. The
force cf the discharge seemed to more
toward the river s de of the hi 1 and
a number of large rocks could be seen
dropping in the river before the
curtain of dust hid the hill for a
few minutes. The discharge caused
the ice which was blocked on the river
bank in the vicinity to move out into
the river and float on down the
stream. The holes made by the ef-
lefcts of the discharge were quite
deep, and huge chunks of rock and
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dirt were all that was left of that
portion of the hill. Mr. Patridge who
did the shooting of the blast had the
nearest chance of injury as the rocks
were quite numerous that lit in his
vicinity and the trees were the only
thing that protected him.
CHILDREN GATHER
TO SPEND DAY
From Saturday's Daily.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
B.
HipIey in south rtion of the
city wag the scene of a very pleasant
family patherinR on Thursday when
the childrpn of Mrs H,VW rh0A
to assist her in thg celebration of her
fiftyighth birthday anniversary in
most anDronriate manner Th
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ipieasjiiiuy reraemuerea Dy DOtn tne
mother and children as one of the
&reatest joy and happiness. The day
" 10 -JC.'"- iioinuj; aim 111 LUC CVCI1-
in sumDtious dinnpr w Ani-wo1
h th nf tlle ... , , ,
mJ ' v M.Ajry W
ample justice to the store of good
things prepared for them It was R
ht t, 1 .
101c "uui wncii tne iiieuiueis oi tne
L. - lv rtPA ATr-e tt;
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manv morp vPftrs of hnninp
w mi r
se
in attendance were Jack Elledge and
wif - nf ronnril Rlnfft!. lri) Hrtmo
and wife 0mah Mrs John fi n
rnrcr, Ra 5- '
n Grover E1Ied wife and f .,
Haywood Elledge, wife and family.
Two daughter, Mrs. Lee Johnson, of
Stall 9 ToK
Harris of Srhuhert. vhrv. wPrP
unable to be present at the happy
gathering on account of sickness.
Dawson Will Fix It.
MACK-MAE STOCK COM
PANY IS RETURNING
From Saturday's Pally.
The amusement loving public of
city will recall with pleasure the en
gagement of the Mack-Mae stock
company in this city last summer and
their return to this city for a five
night engagement at the Parmele
theatre commencing Monday evening,
will be a treat to the lovers of good.
I i
entertainment. The comnanv
I,
has been strength
i &
ened
since its last
appearance here and is one of the
I best stock organizations fin the road
In speaking of the company the At
lantic (Iowa). Telegraph say;
I he Mack-Mae Stock Comnanv
opened their week's stay at the opera
house last evening with a clever In
tie three act comedv drama entitled
"Pretty Peggy O'Neil" with Miss Mae
playing the leading role of Pretty
I Peggy. Miss Mae delighted her au-
dience with her characterization of
I me lit Lit- 11 i.tn miss, w nose promise
to her father before leaving Ireland
that she would not sneak a word to
anyone on the way over got her in
the dilemma of being suspected 0f
smuggling by the customs officers.
j Mr. Ililliard in portraying the char-
acter of the old rich uncle did some
character work that would "get
across' credibly in bigger cities than
Atlantic. The company presented a
good clean bill last evening and their
play was on the whole considerably
oetier man ine average stocK pro-
duction.
PAST CHIEFS
MEET WITH MRS.
- HARRY JOHNSON
pleasant manner yesterday at the
hospitable home of Mrs. Harry John
son in one of the most eniovable meet-
I ir rro rf Vi onc. T-u 1:
11" eaxnei por-
tion of the afternoon was taken on
with a business session in which th
ladies discussed plans for the "parcel
ef' col t.-v,; tv,Q n r it
Lectin to rondnPt nn Unr.
ing next, at the O U W hall
and whirh ; pvwtp,l t
terestinsr , w;
the business session a delightful scC
cial time was enioved in visinncr JmH
in the nKW r,f t'h ha,- nimiifl At
a suitable hour a didicious two-
course luncheon was served bv ihe
hostess assisted by her daughter Mrs
. J '
Ruth Grybskv, that served to highten
the pleasures of the afternoon. The
guests of the organization for the
afternoon was Mrs. E. L. Spies of
Cadroni, Colorado
CHARLES BARNARD
SUFFERS DISLOCA
TION OF SHOULDER
Charles C. Barnard of Mynard and
one of the best known young men in
this section of the country, suffered a
dislocation of the right shoulder early
this morning in a very peculiar man
ner. Mr. Barnard on retiring last
evening han not noticed anything
wrong w:ith the shoulder and his sur-
prise may be imagined this morning
on awakening to find that he was
suffering from a dislocation of the
shoulder and was unable to use the
member at all. Dr. E. W. Cook was
called from this city and the injured
shoulder set and Mr.Barnard made as
comfortable as the circumstances
would permit. It is thought that in
his sleep Mr. Barnard placed his arm
over his head in such a position as to
cause the dislocation. This is the
third time the shoulder has been out
of place and this fact may have had
a great deal to do with the fact that
it was dislocated so easily. The
friends of Mr. Barnard will learn
of his misfortune with regret and
trust that he may be spared further
experiences of this kind.
Henry Egenberger came down from
Omaha Saturday evening and visited
in this city over Sunday at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B.
Egenberger, and with his many
friends.
NEW TELEPHONE
COMPANY IS
ORGANIZED
For some time
been on foot to
i movement has
escabli.-h an inde
pendent telephone company at
wood. Several things led to
KI fri
th is.
iMUM-iia-m. r. niei among these were
the increased rates from SI. Of) to
$1.2-". on the farm lines, 1.00 to S1..'0
jvmuviil jmoncs aim ?.imi to .:..,i
for business phones. Also there i
considerable disati-faction on
lines having a number of subscribers
Some of these lines having more than
t we nt y s u bsc r i be rs.
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i mi au amuses oi tne new com
pany as proposed by its organizers
e'the lowering of the rates to $1.0
per montn to all classes of subscri-
bers,
business phones included,
in
creasing the number of lines so as
to lessen the number of subscribers
I v.i tvr, ui.ii iimujt-i iiul iu lit
mort' t!lIin twelve to each line, the
I establishing of free tolls between
Elmwood and towns having inde-
penuent s stems, i nese towns are
Alvo, Eagle. Avoca, Palmyra, Unadil-
la and Murdoek. Other than this, the
company proposes to meet the quality
of sevvicv furnished by the Lincoln
Telephone & Telegraph Company in
evel'.v respect together with the above I
nama improvements.
Several meeting have been held.
by-laws adopted, the articles of in
corporation filed with the countv
clerk, secretary of state, the state rail
way commission, and the movement
is now thoroughly under way. The
new company will have a capital
stock of S.'O.OOO.OO, $8,000.00 of
which is to be paid up. More than
this amount has already been sub-
scribed The Stock is divided into
1,000 shares of $r0.OO each.
Several meeting have been held
with the state railway commission,
the. company automatically coming
under this commission as a matter of
law.
A meeting of the subscribers to
stock and organizers and all persons
I infprf;rp(1 will itp hm at Fitfh i hnll
1. . 1
ixtn iui u, out uu oueis ere
Tuesday p. m. for the purpose of
electing a board of directors. Elm
wood Leader-Echo.
STRANGER CAUSES EXCITE
MENT IN THE COUNTRY
Last evening Sheriff Quinton was
called out to the neighborhood of the
Jacob Trits.-h farm, w?st of the city,
where a stranger was reported asj
wandering over that locality and act
ing in a strange manner. On the ar
rival of the sheriff he found the man
to be Tom Muldooney, a gentleman
of Irish extraction and with a pro
nounced accent that made it hard for
anyone to understand him. The man
was also erinnled on bv rheumatism,
that made it hard for him to get
around, and he was seeking a place to
spend the night. The sheriff brought
the man on into town, where he was
kept over night. He had no intention
of harming anyone, but owing to the
difficulty in understanding him and his
actions he greatly frightened the fam
ilies in that locality.
A NEAR ACCIDENT.
Quick thought followed by quicker
1.1 m .a . 1 . I
tnou-n dangerous action averted wnat
mi-nt nave Proved a tatai accident
Tuesday morning when Charles Earls
was bringing his daughter, Nellie, and
Eunice Berry to school in the auto.
Workmen near the Wiles home west
of town had felled a tree across the
road, thus blocking the passage lor a
time. A car ahead of Mr. Earls had
stopped just around a sharp curve to
wait until it could get past. Mr. Earls
came around the bend at about fif-
teen miles an hour and did not see the
car until within a very few feet of it.
He either had to crash into the car
which was loaded with people or
plunge into a ditch. He chose the
latter, with the result that the young
ladies in his auto were thrown vio-1
lently into the front of the car. ., No
one was seriously nun nut tne car was j
somewhat damaged. Mr. Earls is of
the firm belief that where persons are
obstructing the road sufficient warning
should be given to prevent such acci-
dents. Weeping Water Republican.
A want ad will bring you a buyer. I
VERY PLEASING BIRTH
DAY PARTY TUESDAY
From Saturday's Dally.
Tuesday being the birthday anniver
sary of Miss Mary Richter. a number
of her friends gathered at her home
- n nni t;,.;.,t, ., i.;..w..in.T -c.i;-
assist her in celebrating the happy
event in a proper manner. An hour
or so was devoted to various games
and diversions, which furnished the
jolly company with plenty of amuse
ment and produced much merriment
and frolic. At a convenient time a
delicious birthday supper was served
to which all did ample justice. A lit
tle further romp and frolic and then
the guests wished Miss Mary many
more happy birthdays and departed
for their homes, declaring they had
had a most delightful time. Those in
attendance were: Nellie Richter,
Frank Godwin, Artinse McCrary, John
Gravett, Hazel Covert, John McDaniel,
Leona Lillie, Glen Hale, Mary Richter,
Faye Rummerfield, Ellen Richter, Ed
die Richter, Tillie Renner, Teddy Ren
ner, Louis Ault, Ester Richter, Char
ley Reichter, Mabel Gravett, Bennie
Rummerfield, Dcnice Vroman, John
Hale. Gertie McDaniel, June Rummer
field, Goldie Sitzman, Allen Renner,
Leona Rummerfield, John Richter,
Clarice Cunningham, John Lamphear,
Marie Stokes, Glen Allen, Mary Mc
Daniel and Jessie Blunt.
JAMES SAGE LOSES A
VALUABLE HORSE
From Satrrday's Daily.
Yesterday afternoon James
W.
Sage suffered quite a severe loss when
the valuable white rarrinw bnrco
that he has driven for the iwst sever-
al years dropped dead on the Platte
bottom road north of town. This horse
has been a familiar figure on the
streets of plattsmouth fcr many
vpa ra onH -u c n lioanfifnl animal
and one that Mr. Sasre could have sold
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for many times what he had origi-
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refused. The
years of age.
animal was thirtv
AUTO RUNS INTO CURB.
Yesterday while Ben Windham was
driving a Ford roadster down Sixth
street, he had a very exciting few min
utes in controlling the machine. The
car has had a bent front axle and al
though this had been repaired made
th? handling of the car very difficult,
and Ben was driving very slowly with
the car, hoping to get it down to the
garage to have it looked over and re
paired. When near the residence of
H. H. Cotton the car made a very
sudden turn into the curb on the west
side of the street and proceeded to
P"t the axle clear out of commission
as the result ol the impact with the
concrete curb. The accident was not
one however, that did much damage
but attacted quite a number of the
residents of that section of the city.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT.
From Friday's rjaiiy.
Friends in tihs city of the Walter
Scott family will be pleased to learn
ofthe announcement of the forthcom
ing marriage of Mr. Glenn Frank
Scott and Miss Ida Kristine Hansen,
which will occur on Wednesday af-
ternoon March i4th at C p. m. at
the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs N. Hansen, 5221 Parker
street, Omaha, Nebraska The young
pe0ple will be at home after April 1,
1917t at Gifford, Nebraska. Mr.
gcott was born and reared in this
cjty and his many friends will ex-
tend to him their best wishes on the
forthcoming happy event.
HAS PATENT
F. J. Fitch has received a patent on
an inner liner for auto, tires that is
a puncture proof protection for the
inner tube
He has recently put on
several
demonstrations by running
over block driven full of spikes
The demonstrations were successful.
Mr. Fitch has a genuine good thing
and one which warrants his going
ahead and placing the same on the
market at once. We would like to see
him manufacture these tubes right
here in Elmwood. Elmwood Leader-
Echo.
Dawson Will Fix It.
PLEASANT EN
TERTAINMENT
ATM. W.A.HALL
Members of Seva Lodge, No. 27. and
Families Enjoy a Pleasant Time,
Saturday Night.
One of the most pleasing enter
tainments of the season was held
Saturday evening at the Modern
Woodman hall when the memberc of
Seva Lodge No. 297, A. O. IT. W.
gave a social evening for the bene
fit of the families and the member
ship of the lodge and the occasion
was one of the rarest of enjoyment to
everyone lortunate enough to be
present. I he hall had been pleasing-
y arranged for the event and the
dining room where the luncheon was
served was especially attractive with
the tables glittering with silver and
snowy linen and beautiful boquets of
cut flowers added a touch of charm
to the scene. Here the wives of the
members of the lodge served a feast
that centainly was enjoyed, and noth
ing was omitted that might serve to
add to the delight of the inner man,
and this portion of the entertainment
will be long remembered by the mem
bers of the party.
During the evening two reading by
Mrs. O. Sandin of this city and Miss
Seva Johnson of Omaha, were two
especially entertaining features of the
evening and these two talented ladies
were given a very flattering recep
tion by the auditors for their pleasing
selections. The Plattsmouth orches
tra, under the direction of Tom Svo
boda, furnished the music for the eve
ning and to the fascinating strains of
music the members of the party en
joyed the dancing until a late hour,
It was the univertal sentiment of
those in attendance that this occasion
was the most delightful in the his
tory of Seva Lodge, and one that will
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I ul: iuii jjici3iiiiLi i tr 1 iitrlll Ltr X t?u
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SERtOUS.
While Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rehmeier
were motoring last week from near
Avoca to the Mrs. J. H. Davis farm
east of town, they experienced what
might have been a very serious acci
dent. Mrs. Rehmeier was driving a
team with a load of wood and when
coming dewn the Miller hill the foot
board of the wagon box gave way,
letting Mrs. Rehmeier fall on the
double trees while the team ran down
the hill. Still in her perilous position
Mrs. Rehmeier held to the lines, but
unknowingly pulled harder on one
than the other, which guided the horse
to one isde of the road into a ditch,
which turned the wagon over taking
the horses with it. Just how Mrs.
Rehmeier escaped with only a few
scratches is a miricle but no doubt
she will long remember her ride down
the hill. The feeling of Mr. Rehmeier
when the team passed his team with
his wife in the perilous position and
to see them all piled in the ditch must
have been agonizing. Weeping Water
Republican.
ICE MOVING ALONG NICELY.
From Saturdav'a rnily.
The ice in the Missouri river at this
point is going out in nice shape and
not causing the danger and damage
that was feared at first from the
gorging of the ice. The ice on the
smaller streams is also commencing
to move and in the Platte especially
is great care being taken to have the
ice move and not form in gorges as is
its habit when breaking up. At sev
eral points along the river from Fre
mont east, watchmen have been kept
on the different bridges to dynamite
the ice at any time it appeared to start
a gorge, and by this means the ice has
been kept moving. The fact that the
Missouri river opened up so nicely has
aided the cleaning of the way for the
ice flows f-om the smalled streams
emptying into it.
RECOVERING FROM GRIPPE.
Mrs. Rose Krivanek, who has been
under the weather for the past week
with a very severe attack of the
grippe, is showing some improvement,
although still in a very serious condi
tion. Her friends will be pleased to
learn that she is showing more favor
able indications of recovery.