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VOL. 13. NO. 43. ' PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 18. 185H. $1.00 ?i?'i?&Sr.
Our .Choice for United States Senator W. J. BRYAN.
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AN OLD-TIME SINNER.
Horse Thief Henry Miller Has Plenty
To Answer For.
A ROUSING HOLCOMB MEETING.
The Democratic-Independent Candidate
For Governor Is Greeted by An
Enorinoai Throng of Voters
st Weeping Water.
Hone Thler Miller' History.
The following from the Lincoln
News is in relation to the horse-thief
who purloined ahorse from Liveryman
J ones in this city some few months ago
and who will be brought back to Cass
county for prosecution:
"Henry Smith, the young man who
eloped with a Lincoln girl named Ida
Clark, the daughter of a lady living at
the time at 1124 N street, is in the
hands of the Nebraska officers. It will
be remembered that before leaving
Lincoln he burglarized the store of
Budge & Morris, and when he left
with his Ida he stole a horse down in
Cass county. lie subsequently stole
another one near Wymore, which he
drove to some point in Kansas, where
he turned it over to Ida and cut loose
from her in order to escape the officers
who were on his trail. Ida drove the
horse some distance and then sold it,
going to Denver with the money to
meet her lover. He was subsequently
arrested and taken to Kansas City,
where he was sentenced to serve a
term in jail for beating a board bill.
He had just finished this term and
when he got out he found Sheriff
Eikenbary of Cass county ready to
meet him with a warrant charging
him with horse-stealing. B. F. Pinueo
of this city is the boy's guardian.
There was a lively skirmish among lo
cal detectives to run the young fellow,
down about the time he wis arrested
and taken to Kansas City, as he was
wanted on numerous charges."
Judge Holenmb at Weeping; Water.
Guy Livingston, County Attorney
Travis and Chas. Grime s attended the
meeting or Judge Holcouib and Mayor
;-Weir at Vepmg Water Thursday and
came away more than satisfied with
their trip. Guy sajs that neither gen
tleman excel-;ia orators, but both are
good speakers. Judge Holcomb left a
splendid impression as to his candor,
fairness and ability. He reviewed the
financial cwiilii ion of the state with
the air of a m hi who was thoroughly
posted, refenvil t he methods by
which a of a m SOO,000 had
hepn acctiinuUit-d, the warrants
covering the amount tieiitv marked
"not paid for want of hinds" aud
drawing 7 per cut. interest. He gave
figures to show that Xfbraska pays
heavier taxes thtu any other state ex
cept Nevada. He referred to Gov.
Crounse's proposed method of meet
ing these warrants the lait of which
was to curt .til expenses so that the
money drawn from taxes would
eventually pay the debt. He then
said he favored most rigidly an
economic state government, to the
injury of no one, but so that no dollar
should be wasted. The judge reviewed
the "credit of the state" matter and
showed up the fallacy of charging to
his election the possible injury of the
state's credit, and made that charge
very ridiculous. His manner is that of
a plain, unassuming honest man, who
knows what he istalkingof and means
every word he says.
Mr. Weir,the candidate forcongress,
is, if anything, a more ready and
forcible speaker than Judge Holcomb.
He devoted himself to a discussion of
national questions the tariff, income
tar. the election of senators by the
people, and the 6ilver question, mak
ing himself thoroughly understood.and
making friends on every hand. His
position on the tariff is that of oppo
sition to every form of protectionism
regarding that system as a favoring of
the few at the expense of the many
He favors free silver and an income
tat and made his points strong and
clear, and was enthusiastically ap
plauded.
The meeting was well-attended and
was a most pronunced success.
Tns Jour nx needs
that is its due
all the money
on subscrip-
tion and advertising. All who
themselves in our debt will
oblige us by paying up at once.
know
much
f vor. True lie is a democrat and not
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unto him unto whom. honor is due,
n1 r Truvi'i' la flint f hft
obitu a Hi-
Mary Ogle, wife of Eli Samson, was
born in Jefferson county, Missouri,
Oct. 24. 1832, and died Oct. 16, 1894,
aged sixty-one years, eleven months
and two days. The deceased was
married to Eli Samson on Dec. 23,1856.
To them were born ten children, nine
of whom are living. The family came
to this state in 1877 and settled near
Plattsmoutb. For a number of years
they have resided on Oak and Fif
teenth streets in this city, where the
funeral services were conducted
on Wednesday afternoon by JXev.
Peter Van Fleet of the M.
E. church, who took for his text
Rev. xxi:iv. Many old-time friends
were there to sympathize with the
relatives of the deceased, whose
life had been a life of faith.
she having embraced the Chris
tian religion when but a child.
Her life closes with the right of death,
but thanks to God the glorious morn
ing of eternal day shall break upon
the soul, over which the shadows of
no night will ever fall.
"When we leave this world of changes
When we leave this world of care
We shall find our missing loved ones
In our Father's mansion fair."
Walker In Bad Shape. '
Al Harkins, the fellow who ham
mered Rhece Walker in such an awful
manner the other night at a dance in
Billingstown addition, appeared in
police court Saturday, and upon
pleading guilty was fined $10 and
costs. Being unable to pay he went
to jail. Walker was to have been tried
along with Harkins, but bis physician
would not listen to his leaving his bed.
Walker is in bad shape. It appears
that Harkins first knocked him down
and then proceeded to kick him in the
face, the sharp sole on bis shoe cutting
a deep gash on the left eye brow, ex
posing the eye ball, while another kick
broke the arch bone in his nose. He
will bv in bed for several days, and
will bear the marks of Harkins shoe
for life.
Lincoln lioya In Trouble
Two bo j 8 hailing from Lincoln were
arrested at Nebraska City Thursday
on the charge of passing spurious
money They gave their names as
Charley Stone and Frank Brooks, but
the names are assumed, as one of 1 hem
is known to be. the son of a Lincoln
official aud the other the sou of a de
tective. The money in question is
Liocoln scrip, dated May, 1879, and
signed by M. 1J. Stout, hh mayor, and
A. H. Brownson, clerk. The boys at
tempted to pass 81 and $2 bills of this
scrip in several places, m iking a small
purchase and pocketing the change,
aud finally landed in the hands of
an officer. They spent the night in
j.iil. United States Commissioner
Seymour beard the case Jrnaay
afternoon and after fully investigat-
ng it thev were discharged upon their
promise to return hom-, and with the
warning that the charge would hold
Kood for five years and their first bad
break would be attended with disas-
runs retulis. One of the boys is a
student at the state university. They
claim the roll of ACtip was found in a
waste barrel at one of the Lincoln
banks, and that they purchased it from
man whose name to them is un
known.
The Union stock yards company at
South Omaha has . been carefully
watching the experiment made by P.
D. Armour, jr., of feeding hogs on
wheat, the test being made on Mr.
Armour's farm at Oconomowoc, Wis.
On September 15 he weighed eighteen
pigs and they made a total of 1,975
pounds. The same pigs were again
weighed on September 29 and they
weighed 2,500 pounds, showing a gain
of 52-5 pounds in just fourteen days.
During the feeding period they te-
ceived nothing but 1,650 pounds of
crushed wheat. The yards figure that,
taking the present market for hogs.
five cents, it would make the value re
ceived for the wheat $26.25, or a little
over uinty-five cents per bushel.
against the cost of about fifty-three
cents for wheat.
Uncle Jacob Vallery, sr., (aged 82
years) and Capt. Isaac Wiles (aged 65)
marched down Main street this morn
ing, enroute to Omaha to witness the
great debate between Bryan and
Thurston. Mr. Vallery is a democrat,
Mr. Wiles a republican. They had al
most become boys again.
Buy the improved Singersewing ma
chine. Anton Trillity, local agent
office in Unruh's furniture store.
tentfons. Gfen wood Times. '
Constipation and sick headache per
manently cureWnaHd piles preyentXi
ALL CAUSED BY A COW
A Female Bovine Causes an Unseemly
Sunday Disturbance.
WARNED AGAINST LAWYERS.
A Republican Speaker Raise a Laugh on
Himself and Two Candidates On the
Republican County Ticket
Various Other Motes.
All On Aeconnt Of a Cow.
A rather amusing incident occurred
in the northwest part of town Sun
day. It appears that a resident of that
neighborhood tied up a cow which bad
invaded his premises and caused some
damage. The owner of the bovine
learned of the whereabouts of his prop
erty and, accompanied by his wife,
journeyed to the premises to reclaim
the animal. The woman had a knife
and the man a hammer, it seemingly
being their intention to get theecow
by force if the party then in posses
sion resisted. Their plans, however.
Hew the track, for the man took the
hammer and knife from the irate pair.
The woman was not without recourse
and while the men were quarreling she
untied the cow and started it out of
the lot on the run. The husband did
likewise, but the man who had been
tricked by the woman pursued the
husband and 'hacked the latter over
the ear with the knife until claret was
spilled quite profusely. It is under
stood that the husband has threatened
to cause the arrest of the man who
thus destroyed the usual peace and
quiet of the neighborhood by hacking
up his ear, but up to a late hour this
afternoon nothing in the way oC a
complaint had been filed in the courts.
A Rich Political Joko.
The richest political joke of the cam
paign is on John Davies and Sig Polk,
candidates on the republican county
ticket respectively for representative
and county attorney. A republican
meeting was held at South Bend the
fore part of last week, and, needless to
say, John and Sig were in the audience.
The fun occurred during the speech of
E. M. Pollard, the young silver-tongue
from Nehawka. Mr. Pollard had'
warmed up in great fashion, and after
roasting the democratic party from
stem to stern, he then took occasion to
caution the farmers in the audience to
beware of the office-seeking lawyers.
There were several democrats in the
audience and they immediately began
to snicker and cast an occasional
glance at Davies and Polk, both of
whom are lawyers. Pollard noticed
the commotion and glancing down
saw that he was warning the audience
against two of the nominees on his own
ticket. Heie was a pretty mess and
he endeavored to square matters by
stating that "it was all right to vote
for a lawyer when he had been tried in
office and found not wantiug." This
was pretended for Davies, who served
a term in the last legislature, but his
explanation made matters worse for
Polk, as this was bis maiden effort to
secure a county otnce. xnen tne
democrats roared and a rousing.laugb
was had at the expense of both the
SDeakerand Mr. Polk. It is under
stood that the next time Mr. Pollard
speaks in the campaign he will be
urged to deal entirely with national
matters and let local questions severely
alone.
Mr. Bryan addressed the two largest
meetings ever held in the west end of
the county Saturday. No ball at
Greenwood was large enough to ac
commodate half the crowd at that
place in the afternoon, so he spoke on
the street. At Elmwood, where he
spoke at night, the commodious Ilobbs
opera house was filled to repletion.
He talked as if inspired, and thecrowd
hung upon his words as if transfixed,
while he discussed the several ques
tions uppermost before the people.
His talk was on the election of sena
tors by the people, the Income tax, the
foreclosing of the U. P. railroad liens,
the tariff and in favor of the free coin
age of silver at 16 to 1. Without the
slightest effort at oratory these sub
jects were dissected with a simplicity
and power that was magical, and it
seemed as if a child could understand
tbem thoroughly. His tour of the
state is a constant ovation. He wil
be in Plattsmouth later ou.
The"Plan Sifter"flour is the popular
brand. ABk for it from your grocer.
-Hyou ponaoie coute ana tools, io re
move the useless weapons of horned
cattle at ten cents per head. If those
who wish to have such work done will
in regaru
ringing
AROUND I11K COCRT ROOMS.
JUSTICE ARCHER'S COURT.
The Neumeister-Harshman Avoca
bastardy case, set for trial Friday be
fore J ustiee Archer, was compromised,
Harshman agreeing to pay the plain
tiff $200 and also to square the court
costs bill of some 815.
Geo. Kane, a resident of Nehawka,
was in possession of a large-sized jag
Sunday, and was planted in jail over
night to sober up. Monday morning
Police Judge Archer taxed him up to
the tune of 810, and George went back
to jail to board it out.
John O'Brien, the bum who was
jailed Saturday afternoon by reason
of his suspicious endeavors to sell a
pair of pants, was tried in police court,
Monday. The police were unable I
to locate anyone who had missed a'
pair of pants and consequently charged
him with vagrancy. O'Brien, however,
called the clerk of the City Hotel and
proved that he had paid for hia board
at that hotel, and Police Judge Archer
was forced to order his dismissal. The
police,' nevertheless, took especial
pains to see that he left town imme
diately after his discharge.
COURT ROOM NOTES.
District court was to have convened
Monday, but Judge Chapman was feel
ing too poorly to hold court, and con
sequently ordered an adjournment
until Tuesday of sext week.
Sheriff Eikenbary returned home
from Kansas City on Saturday night
in charge of Henry Smith, the horse
thief who stole a horse and buggy from
Liveryman Jones some four or five
months ago. Smith's preliminary ex
amination will occur on Friday.
A Monster Corn Yield.
The largest crop of corn ever pro
duced on one acre, according to the
Charleston News and Courier, was
that raised by a farmer in Marlboro
county. South Carolina, in 1892. A
prize of 81,000 was offered for the
largest yield of an acre, and this
farmer chose a piece of worn-out piney
woods, sandy land, to which he ap
plied more than 81,000 worth of fer
tilizers. The season was favorable
od the cultivator was kept going al
most constantly. The stand became so
thick and heavily burdened with ears
that fences had to be built to sutain it.
When the orop wua gathered it meas
ured within a peck of 255 bushels and
carried off the prize, which the farmer
richly deserved, for it takes a valiant
mar. to spend more than 81,000 to en-
ich a single acre.
A J ad ico Arrested For Bribery.
dispatch from Beaver City to the
Bee sajs that IIon.D. T. Welty, judge
of the Fourteenth judicial district, was
arrested and taken before Judge An
derson there Monday on the charge of
bribery. The complaint was sworn
out by A. D. Gibbs, who has held the
position of court reporter. He was
recently discharged by Judge Welty
and the place given to a son of Hon.
John Stevens of that county. The
preliminary hearing was set for Octo
ber 25; bond 81,000. The complaint
alleges that Judge Welty received
8225 for the appointment of A. D.
Gibbs, the complainant, as steno
graphic reporter, the same havingbeen
paid by W. S. Morlan, the B. & M. at
torney at McCook.in whose employ
Gibbs was at the time.
Farm for Hale.
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, eood barn with hay 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.
Died.
Oscar Wilhelm, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Dablin, was born Oct. 1,1893, and died
Oct. 12, 1894, aged one year and eleven
days. The funeral services took place
at the Swedish church of our city last
Sabboth at 2:30 p. in., and were con
ducted by Rev. P. Van Fleet. The
house was filled to its utmost capacity
with friends who sympathize deeply
with the parents In the loss of their
only child.
to mowing I'jrvwnisne ana
the bell is;.4Tdicted by a
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A Well Reveals a Crime.
In October, 1891,81,600 were stolen
mysteriously from the Homer State
bank at Homer, Dakota county, Neb.
II. L. Frisbie, the cashier of the bank,
was found the next morning in the
bank with his hands tied behind him
and himself tied to the door knob.
He said two masked men had held him
up on the street the night before and
compelled him to let them into the
bank and get them the money, after
which they tied him as found. The
story was not generally credited.
Tuesday the money stolen was found
in a glass fruit jar at the bottom of a
well on the place on which Frisbie
lived at the time of the robbery. The
money bad been sealed up, but the jar
was broken and it was in bad condi
tion. Frisbie has left Homer and is
now in Antelope county, Nebraska,
where he is a candidate for county at
torney. The money was nearly all in
silver and bills and has been placed in
the hands of the Dakota county judge
and warrants issued for Frisbie's ar
rest. The present resident of the house
where Frisbie had lived, on hauling a
backet of water from the well, found
some paper money in it, and an in
vestigation was begun, which resulted
in the discovery of the broken jar and
its valuable contents.
A Cot tn Wages Overruled.
A general cut in the wages of the
employes of the Wabash railway will
not be allowed. Such is the decision
handed down by Judge Woolsonin the
United States circuit court at Council
Bluffs Thursday. Some time ago He-'
ceiver J. F. Barnard asked for permis
sion to make a reduction in accordance
with a schedule he had drawn up, and
L. W. Ross was appointed master in
chancery to hear evidence and render
an opinion on the facts involved. He
recommended that the schedule pro
posed by the receiver be concurred in.
Judge Woolson, however, after read
ing the evidence said he could not
concur in the reduction, giving as his
reasons that cheaper help in the long
run would not pay.
A Wife Sold at Auction !
William Cardwell, a Cherokee strip
boomer, who had become hard up,
some days ago announced that he was
going to sell his wife to the highest
bidder. The sale was held last Friday,
six miles north of Guthrie. There were
half a dozen bidders present, and as
the woman was buxom and good-looking,
bidding was spirited. John Insley,
a grass widower of Guthrie, secured
the prize, bidding 8100 in cash, a cow,
a horse and a lot of household furni
ture. The woman seemed wholly un
concerned, and departed with Insley
after be had turned over the things in
his bid. The strangely mated pair
have left for Texas in a covered
wagon.
Democratic Political Meetings.
Congressman W. J. Bryan will ad
dress the people of Cass county at
Union on Friday, Oct. 26, at 2:00 p. m.
and at Plattsmoutb at 8:00 p. m. on
the same date.
A. H. Weir, fusion candidate for
congress in this district, will speak in
Plattsmouth on Wednesday evening,
Oct. 31st.
County Attorney II. D. Travis, II.
G. Livingston, M. Archer, D. O.
Dwyer and others are booked to en
tertain the people on Saturday night,
Oct. 20, at Murdock, and at Rock
Bluffs on Monday night, Oct. 22.
An Infant Heroine.
Dundee, la., has an infant heroine.
Her name is Emma Jacobs, and she is
but seven years old. Sunday she was
playing on the Chicago Great Western
railroad and saw that a trestle cross
ing a small stream was on fire. She
realized with that precociousness of a
child that there was danger in fire,
and she took off her jacket and ran
down around a curve and flagged an
express train. In recognition of her
bravery the general manager sent her
a check for 850 and has taken herself
and her parents nnder his wing.
Take Off the Horn.
The undersigned is now ready, with
a good portable chute and tools, to re
move the useless weapons of horned
cattle at ten cents per bead. If those
who wish to have such work done will
address me at Rock Bluffs, Neb., they
will be promptly answered.
42-4 S. L. Furlono.
Constipation and sick headache per
manently cured, and piles prevented
by Japanese Liver Pellets; especially
adapted to children's use. Sold by
Fricke & Co.
Unruh's furniture store.
Journt. needs all
is its due on
the money
subacriD-
PLUNDER RECOVERED
A Portion of Stone's Stolen Jewelry
Found In a Hay Stack.
A STRANGE SORT OF WARFARE.
A Rat and a Ulg null Snake Do Battle
And the Rodent la Badly Wonted
hot Make Things Lively for
the Snake Notes.
Hid His Plunder in a Uay Stack.
Constable Strong of Nehawka ar
rived in town Monday evening by the
M. P. train, having in charge as a pris
oner a man who gave his name as Ben
Anderson, and who was arrested as
one of the gang that robbed Lester
Stone's jewelry case at Nehawka a
week ago Friday night. Anderson
was arrested at Auburn under peculiar
circumstances. Strong reports that
the town marshal had been watching
a gang of tramps who bad attracted
his attention, when one of tbem made
off from the crowd and visited a hay
stack that was not far away. After
going around the stack the tramp came
back and joined his companions.
There was something suspicious about
his movements and the marshal took '
him in charge and conveyed him to
the lock-up. He then went to the hay
stack and found Becreted there a poke
or bag containing watches and jewelry
valued at something like 8100.
The prisoner denied all knowl
edge of this bag and its con
tents, but the marshal was
not satisfied, and taking his panta
loons off he discovered that one pocket
had been cut out. By putting the two
together he found that the bag
just fitted the place from which the
pocket had been cut. The watches
and jewelry was found to be a part of
the property stolen from the Nehawka
store. Hence Constable Strong was
notified, went down and got the pris
oner and brought him to Plattsmouth.
Anderson's preliminary examination
occurred Wednesday morning before
County Judge Ramsey. The prisoner
did not go upon the stand, but the state
sented such a strong case that the
court held to the next term of dis
trict court and be was sent to jail in
default of furnishing a 8500 bond.
A rather amusing circumstance in
cident to the examination was the in
troduction of the trousers which An
derson wore at the time of his arrest
and from which the pocket, in which
the jewelry was found, was cut out.
The trousers were fairly alive with a
species of bug-like animals common to
tramps and it was feared at one time
that the pants would walk off the
table on which they were resting.
Needless to state, the people about the
court room bandied the trousers no
more than was absolutely necessary.
A Peculiar Sort of Warfare.
W. W. Coates, the Hotel Riley sta
tioner and news agent, has had aqueer
sort of pet, in the shape of a big bull
snake, imprisoned at his store for the
past several days. The snake measures
over six and a half feet, and brought
in quite a few sight-seers, so much did
it exceed the usual size of snakes of
that species. Sunday morning the
loungers about the store caught a rat
in a steel trap, and they then pro
ceeded to place the rodent and bis
snakeship together in a deep box with
a glass cover, so that their antics could
be watched. At first the snake was
disposed to let the rat severely alone,
and the rat likewise was not fishing
for trouble, but the bystanders stirred
them up by means of a stick and soon
got tbem to fighting. The rat vai
somewhat crippled in one leg, the re
sult of being pinched in the trap, but
he proved himself quite spry, evading
every effort ef the snake to get him in
his coils, and at the same time used
his sharp teeth with good effect, draw
ing blood on the reptile's back several
times. The snake seemingly gave up
the battle and retired to one end of the
box, and all sorts of proddings with
the stick were unable to get him to
further show fight. When dinner
time arrived the store was closed, but
the two animals were left to keep
company in the box. In the afternoon
when Mr. Coates returned to the store
his first mission was to glance into the
box. The rat was dead. During bis
absence the two animals bad resumed
their fighting and the snake had
wrapped itself abont the rat's body
and crushed it to death. A deep,
spiral-shaped indentation abont the
rat's body showed plainly the marks of
the reptile's embrace.
Thls Mill has been rebuilt, and furnished with
Machinery of the best manufacture
in the world. Their
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