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About Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1894)
i A L $liite Iliituiicti 'i, iy THE' PUTT rrnri WEEKLY JOURIAL 11 u kJjJ JUST AND FEAR NOT." VOL. 13. MO. 3G. PLA.TTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 18U4. $1.00 SF Si?SS,c. Our Choice for United States Senator W. J. BRYAN. Handsome Top -Buggy WE ARE GIVING AWAY 4. i- That X Is the talk of the county. People ask us how we can afford to do it. We do it by sales. If you have never purchased anything1 of us, come in and spend And get a chance on it. Who knows? YOU may be the lucky one. And then, you may like us better than you thought you would and decide to trade with us altogether. We have an im mense stock to select from. Some people say we have too large a stock for these hard times. Per haps we have, but we have got them marked down to hard-time prices and we are going to sell them all. MORGAN, The Leading Clothier, LINDAY ItfUm And Is Released From the Cass County Eastile. THE PUBLIC IS NOT SATISFIED. Edwin Lynch of Omaha. His Fattier-ln-Lv, and Jerry Farthing of This City Allowed to Oualify as His Ilondsuien. Jimtnie Is Oat of Jail. After several days of tall hustling the Omaha friends of Pugilist Jimmie Lindsay have at last succeeded in hav ing him liberated from jail on bond, his father-in-law, Edwin Lynch, of Omaha, and Jerry Farthing of this city qualifying in the amount of $2,500 and signing the bond for Jimmie's ap pearance for trial at the tiext term of district court in September. Since Sandy Griswold was released on bond several days ago it has looked very much as though Lindsay would be compelled to remain in jail untilcalled for trial, because of being unable to furnish the required bond. lie fully expected Griswold's wealthy friends the Hon. Bill Paxton et al. to put up his bond, and was very much disap pointed when they apparently lost all interest in his case after securing Sandy's release from jail. In fact he was "dead sore" over the treatment he received at the hands of the friends of his accessory, and it was intimated that when the time for Griswold's trial came on Lindsay would tell all he knew about the unfortunate affair, which would not materially help Sandy's case. This fact, or something very similar, caused Griswold's coun sel, Messrs. Gurley and Gering, to in terest themselves in his case again, and as a consequence bis friends were enabled to secure the required bond for his release. Judge Archer's action in accepting a bond signed by Lynch and Farthing was being discussed quite freely along the streets last Friday, and while there was no direct grounds for declar ing the bond valueless, the people were far from being satisfied with the pro ceeding. The judge stated to a re porter Friday afternoon that Lynch made affidavit that be was worth over $3,000 over and above exemptions, and that under such circumstances he could do Dothing else but accept him as a bondsman. Farthing was allowed to sign the bond for the reason that in case it was found necessary to bring an action to recover the amount of the bond, an action against all the bonds men would lie in Casscounty,by reason of one of them being a resident of the county. After being released on the charge of murder Lindsay was again brought into court on the charge of prize fight ing. He asked that his father-in-law, Lynch, be allowed to go on his bond on this charge also, bHt the judge would not consent to such an arrangement. It was finally agreed to allow Lindsay to goto Omaha tonight, in charge of a constable, to procure additional bond. The man who wipes bis nose on his coat sleeve, picks his teeth with a fork, fastens his suspenders with a nail, sends off for his groceries when he has the cash 10 pay and asks his home mer chant to carry him when he is short, is the rooster who has no use for his home paper. Ex. Total 142.811 From a perusal it will be seen Fire lu the Blake Ituildlng. Just before midnight Thursday fire was discovered in the second story of the Blake building on lower Main street, and the alarm that wassounded awakened nearly everybody in town. The department responded in good shape, but had considerable difficulty in effecting an entrance to the build ing. The street door was finally broken open with an ax and a line of hose carried up stairs, when the blaze was extinguished in short order, but not before the whole inside bad been pretty thorougly soaked with water. The fire was burning in the wooden partition walls between two middle rooms, and its origin is a mystery as that portion of the building was unoc cupied. The building was tightly closed, and that fact alone probably saved the structure from entire des truction. The damages will amount to several 'hundred dollars, caused mostly by the water poured into the building. Joe McVey's saloon on the ground floor was thoroughly drenched by the water pouring through the floor overhead. Taken To the I'enitentiary . Sheriff Eikenbary and Deputy Sheriff Ilyers left Friday morning for Lincoln, having in charge the two young men Geo. Cummins and Cbas. Moore who burglarized June Black's residence on last Friday afternoon. These men will serve the state for a term of fifteen months in the peniten tiary. In their case the vengeance of the law was swift and terrible. In just a week aftercommitting the crime the fellows will find themselves wear ing the prison garb and starting to serve out their senteece. The officers also took the little girl, Annie Friesch, along with them, and she will be taken to state reformatory for girls at Geneva. Will Be Transferred to Otoe. If the case of the state against John D. Marshall, on a charge of bigamy, is ever brought to trial it will have to be tried in Otoe county, where the offense was committed. Marshall was arrested near Murray last winter, where be was living with his wife No. 2. a daughter of Geo. Adams. On being arraigned on the charge he was released on bail, which Mr. Adams furnished. When his case was called for trial be did not appear, and his bond was declared forfeited. He afterwards turned up all right, and then proceeded to get a divorce from bis first wife. Now it transpires that he married wife No. 2 in Otoe county, and County Attorney Travis has accordingly dismissed the case against him in Cass county and turned the whole matter over to the authorities of Otoe county. f Harvey Holloway and Fred Lehn hoff participated in the bicycle races at Weeping Water Thursday, and didn't do a thingbut carry off the best prizes. In the five-mile handicap Harvey was first, his time being 14:27, winning the prize of a fine gold watch. In this race Fred was second, and in the two-mile novice he was also sec ond. This is a very good record for the boys, as they were travelling in very fast company, some of the speed iest riders in the state being partici pants in the races. While the races were going on someone "swiped" J. H. Ilaldeman's bicycle, a Rambler No. 8, copper rim. rat-trap pedais, drop handle-bar, corrugated tire, no brake frame number 15.588. All kinds of trusses at Gering & Co. '8. "0 The"Plan Siftfr"finr .. , ,, ....i that "brand. Ask for it from vbuVirrnr Ask for it from you grocer. GOES BACK TO JAIL. Pugilist Lindsay's Bail Bond Is An nulled by Justice Archer- ARRESTED ON A NEW CHARGE. "Twas That of Prize Fighting and Lind say's Chances of Liberty Are There by Lessened by An Increase of His Bail to $3,0O. Pugilist Jimmy Lindsay is in jail again and, according to a general sum ming up, he is likely to remain there until the time of his trial in district court on Sept. 25th for th killing of Fletcher Bobbins. The details of Lindsay's father-in-law, Edwin Lynch, and Jerry Farthing going on his bond for $2,500 and of his release Friday have already been published in these columns, but another chapter was ad ded late in the afternoon which blocked the game quite effectually. County Attorney Travis proposed to take no chances on Lindsay's return, as his bond appeared to be extremely shaky, and he consequently filed a new com plaint against Lindsay charging him with participation in a prize fight, and secured his arrest. At that time the pugilist was preparing to go to Omaha on the 3:4S passenger, and a big hustle was then made by his friends to allow him to make the trip. When Justice Archer accepted the first bond it was with the express understanding that an Omaha man named M. Spellman would be brought here Saturday, who would go upon the bond and qualify as being worth $5,000. Lindsay wanted to get Spellman, so he said, and Jus tice Archer detailed W. II. Malick as a special officer to take Lindsay to Omaha and bring Spellman hither. In the meantime County Attorney Travis was keeping a close tab on the proceedings and Saturday morning he journeyed to Omaha ard looked up Lynch's financial standing and found that his property holdings amounted to only $000, and not $3,000, as he had qualified. On Saturday Malick came from Om aha with Lindsay and Spellman, and when the question of the bond was called up by Justice Archer, Spellman would only qualify for $1,500. The county attorney then related his inves tigation as to Lynch, and scored the latter quite severely for his misrepre sentation to the court, and thereupon Justice Archer put down his pedal extremity and declared Lindsay's bond very much n. g., and ordered the pug sent to jail until be could offer better security. To now get free Lindsay must furnish a bond for $3,500, as his bail on the charge of prize fighting was fixed at $1,000, and, as a consequence, the lock on his cell door is fastened more securely than ever. The prisoner's friends insist that they will leave no stone unturned to put up the required bond, but the conviction is now more general than ever that Lindsay will surely stay in jail to await his trial through inability to furnish bail. There are many who criticise Justice Archer for accepting the bond offered in the fir3t place, but in justification of the j astiee it must be said that it was upon the sole understanding that Spellman would come here on Satur day and go upon the bond by qualifying for $5,000, that Lindsay was released. The fact that Spellman could not I- ate3 senators by direct votennnbeT " F. people, and in the present com paign necessary to delay the paper's publica-l by which this can be accomplished recommend the nomination by O so qualify was in reality the reason for the annulling of the bond. The justice was imposed upon both as to Lynch and Spellman, and the alacrity with which he proceeded to show the defense that the imposition was at an end was really relishing. Mr. Archer is everywhere recognized as by far the most competent justice of the peace who ever acted in that position in the county, and the public deserves to be slow in criticising so able a magistrate. More Coal In Cass. The following from the Union Ledger is printed with the permission of the Nebraska City News: 'While digging a well on his place, Joe Upton struck a good-sized vein of coal, and filling a box of the material brought it to town and had it tested in the blacksmith shop. It burned very satisfactorily, ana as soon as Mr. Upton can obtain the necessary ma chinery the mine will be thoroughly worked with the hopes of finding an inexhaustable supply." A Fire in the Early Dawn. The home of Albert Gall on Winter steen hill went up in flames Monday morning. This was to be "wash day" at the Gall residence, and the head of the family arose at about three o'clock that morning to start a fire and get things in readiness for the washing. The fire started, Mr. Gall went down into the cellar for the washing ma chine, and be had been absent for only a few moments when he heard his wife calling that the house was afire. Hushing up stairs he found the kitchen all ablaze, and so far had the fire pro gressed that to extinguish it was out of the question. His attention was then directed to removing the furni ture outside of the house, and with the assistance of a few near neighbors a great deal of the furniture was saved. The house was totally destroyed. The structure was insured for $700, and the loss is fully covered by it. An Ohio farmer took his wife and little one into a wagon behind a spirited team; the woman raised an umbrella which frightened the team and all three are now dead as the re sult of the runaway. Some men drive dangerous teams from a spirit of bravado. Such men should not be allowed at large. Some do not know how to break a horse to safe use and others are to careless and indolent to do it properly. Some body generally pays the cost. Farm raised horses can not well be broken to the noise of steam cars, electric cars, brass bands and some other sounds and sights of the city, but a horse anywhere can be easily trained to the opening of an umbrella behind him or on his back, and the man who neglects to teach bis horse this simple and necessary lesson may bring himself and others to the sad fate of the careless farmer in Ohio. Breeder's Gazette. The second district populists nomi nated D. Clem Deaver for congress Tuesday. Deaver is the chairman of the populist state committee and ought to have the foresight to know that a populist stands no show in the second district, so hopelessly is the party in the minority. The proper move for Deaver to now make is to withdraw from the race and advise his party to give its aid to the free silver democrat who will be nomi nated in that district, AH legal business given prompt at tention,!). O. Dwyer, attorney, Platts mouth. theltion. I DOlISLST Will Edit the World-Herald. Congressman Bryan, representative for this district in congress, will step into the position of editor-in-chief of the Omaha World-Herald on and after September 1st. The following an nouncement by G. M. Hitchcock, pro prietor of that paper, was made Mon day: With the issue of September 1, Hon. W. J.Bryan will become editor-in-chief of the World-Herald. In making this announcement it is proper to say that the general character of the World Herald as a newspaper will be main tained. It editorial policy, however, will be marked out by Mr. Bryan from time to time along the line of his well known political convictions. Except for the addition of Mr. Bryan to its head, the staff of the World nerald, both in editorial and in news departments, will remain as now or ganized, and the management of the paper will continue in mv hands. Signed. G. M. Hitchcock. A Fatal Hunt. A young man, son of John Moler, living sixteen miles north ef O'Neill, was accidently shot and killed Sunday while out hunting with a companion named Howe. The boys were driving in a cart and young Howe got out to hold down a wire fence while the other drove over. Moler bad a gun in the cart, and in some way the gun slipped down, striking the slats in the cart, and was discharged, the load en tering the boy's side, causing almost instant death. Moler was seventeen years old, a bright young man and his family are old and respected settlers of Holt county. Union Ledger: The untimely death of Fletcher Robbins, the pugilist, at Plattsmouth, who met with such foul defeat, has cast a Btigma over the county of Cass, and the press all over the country are loud in their denuncia tion of the brutal affair. It is true the ex hibition was billed as a scientific con test for points, but when the men met in the ring it was evident that the man Lindsay bad fully made up his mind to adopt any means to conquer his op ponent, no matter how unfair they might be, and it is plain to be seen that he was backed in his ideas of un fairness by the manner in which the referee, Sandy Griswold, allowed the fight to go on. The principals of the mill are still under arrest and wit nesses have been examined to de termine the weight of the guilt that shall fall on the beads of the active participants. Carroll D. Wright, chairman of the commission to investigate the Pullman strike, is said to be one of the small number of men who have been favored with a frank to ride on a Pullman palace car. Mr. Wright a few years ago published a report holding the Pullman company up as a model in dustrial concern, and has ever since been kept supplied with free traveling passes. It is rumored in this connec tion that he traveled on his pass in a Pullman car to Chicago to begin his investigation, and the charge is creat ing such attention at the national capital that the question may be offi cially inquired into. The failure of the corn crop has necessitated the closing of three stations on the Burlington in Nebras ka. The stations abandoned are Cheney, south of Lincoln; Farwell, between Central City and Greeley Center, and Elyria, north of Greeley Center. These stations are largely dependent upon the shipments of corn, and the failure of the corn crop, the officers of the road claim, would cause the stations to be kept up at a loss. , - , ,. rr, I f r Via fair -.- VtA mWam . our increased V a OINGS OF THE DAY. Various Bits of Information of Inter est to Journal Readers. TARIFF LAW NOW IN EFFECT. Sugar Factories Are the First to Exper ience. Its Workings A Conple otzZl Smooth Sharpers 'Work" Nebraska City Man. Shot Off On the Bounty. The new tariff law which went into effect Tuesday is already doing good work for Nebraska. Tuesday Col lector of Internal Revenue North, whose headquarters are at Omaha, notified the owners of the Grand Is land and Norfolk beet sugar factories that the new tariff law was now in ef fect and that payment of bounty on beet sugar had ceased. The payment of 2 cents per pound bounty on beet sugar has cut quite a figure in the two factories. In the year 1893 the Grand Island factory was paid by the govern ment $36,718 bounty and the Norfolk factory $S8,146. There are claims for bounty against the government in the collector's office for 1894' from the Grand Island factory amounting to $11,7S2.50 and from the Norfolk fac tory for $3,093.36. These claims will be paid, but no more. Goods are now being released from the Omaha cus tom house in compliance with the new tariff law. Some are released free, while others are at greatly re duced prices. Klpe Fruit For Sharpers. Two men, strangers, made a small haul at the hardware store of G. H. Meyer & Co., at Nebraska City Tues day. They entered the store and said they wished to purchase some barbed wire. One of the men accompanied Mr. Meyer to a rear room where the barbed wire is kept. The other re maining in the front room. While Mr. Meyer was expatiating upon the merits of the wire the bogus pur chaser's companion skipped behind a counter and stole two revolvers from a show-case. The theft was not dis covered until some time after the men had departed and they have not yet been caught. Nebraska City cer tainly contains some business men who are ripe fruit for sharpers. The same kind of dodge was worked on a hardware firm in that town about a year ago, and it remained for the Plattsmouth police to capture the thieves and recover the stolen prop erty. Perhaps the Plattsmouth po lice may come to the rescue of the vic tims of yesterday's steal. Farm for Sale. A well improved farm of 160 acres, situated 2 i miles west of Mynard, six miles southwest of Plattsmouth and six miles northwest of Murray. Has a good nine room house, also a tenant house, good barn with bay mow, single roof shed sixty feet long, hog house, feed lots, double corn crib with a capacity of 4,500 bushels, good bear-" ing orchard also 500 young apple trees, two wells andcistern,windmill,-cellar, cave, etc.. All surrounded with a 3-strand wire fence. One of the most desirable farms in Cass county. In quire of or address Will T. Richardson, d-3t-w-tf Mynard, Neb. is U a s 9 MCaitsjIssi,liii J uc lounu niscow witbt a shot in her iTvcsawa Quiet ret at
