Wescott & Son,
Clothiers, Hatters,
Haberdashers
and Hustlers.
C. E. Wescott & Son.
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Diamonds.
$25 in U.S. Notes Given Away.
We have had made for us a number of skeleton keys after the style used
by Uncle Satn. A cabinet containing $25.00 in U. S. notes is now displayed
in our show window, this cabinet has a lock and only one key will fit it. The
person holding this lucky key will be presented with the $25.00 absolutely
free. A key will be given free to every purchaser buying $1.00 worth of
goods at our store ; $2.00 two keys, etc. To glance at these keys they all
look alike, but on closer examination it will be found that they are all slightly
different, and only one of those distributed will open the door ot the box.
The locking and sealing of this box with the $25.00 inside was conducted by
such responsible arid solid business men whose signatures appear below, and
is a guarantee of the straight forwardness and genuineness which character
izes all our dealings.
DO you aspire to wear Diamonds? If so,
WESCOTT & SON can do your "sole''
good. Diamond Soles are a new thing,
a practical thing, a sensible thing, and are
bought by everybody on sight. They are
a rubber sole, diamond-shape, will keep
your feet dry and warm. Will wear as
long as a leather sole, and prevents slip
ping. WESCOTT & SON are sole agents
for Cass county, and put them on at 35c
per pair. They are going like hot cakes
on a frosty morning. Before you slip
down and break your neck, you had better
slip in and let WESCOTT put on the Dia
mond Soles. Especially adapted to ladies'
and children's wear.
C. E. Weseott & Son.
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We, the undersigned, have locked this box, containing $25.00, and placed aj
the key among the other keys to be given away as stated by C. E. Wescott 0
& Son. We have also put our seal over the lock, and no living soul, not even Zp
the Wescott's themselves can tell which the right kej is that will open the ag
box. Signed, aO
Samuel Waugh, Cashier First National Bank.
W. K. Fox. Postmaster Plattsmouth.
J. C. Eikexbary, Sheriff Cass County. O
Geo. A. Hay, Register 0 Deeds.
Everybody can't get the correct key, but everybody can take advantage
of nearly a $25,000.00 stock of new and desirable Clothing, Furnishing
Goods, Hats, Caps, Shoes, etc., at lower prices than was ever sold in this city cj
O or any other city, and if you happen to get the right key you will not only
get the best bargain you ever got in Clothing, but you will be $25.00 ahead.
Get the Bargains. Get the Keys.
C. Wescott dz, Son.
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C. E. Wescott & Son.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Stein Bloeh Co.'s Clothing.
Most everybody wants bargains. Most
everybody wants good, well-made, well
fitting Clothing. Most everybody would
insist upon having this kind if they could
detect it from the imitations. Most every
body will admit that the bargain and true
economy lies in the intrinsic value and
merit of the garment and not in the price.
Remember, you art the safest and best
protected when you are assured of prime
quality and genuine goods.
DON'T BE HOODOED
By these Annanias Clothiers, who rake to
gether a lot of Auction and bankrupt stuff,
and with glaring advertisements and loud
guff try to palm it off as cheap, because the
price is low. There is a flood of this riff
raff stuff on the market this year.
DON'T YOU TOUCH IT.
The dollars are too hard to get, and you
ought to get more for your money. WES
COTT & SON have always stayed with the
better grades. We have no room, no time,
no patience, no wish to try to defraud any
body by putting shoddy, worthless imita
tions onto them; and today WESCOTT
offers FREE to any man all such goods as
can be found in their store.
There's something else FREE to be had
m our store. It s a cabinet containing 525
in cold cash, and the lucky holder of the
key picks the plum. With every purchase
of 1.00 you get a key. WESCOTT is
handing out scads of these keys nowadays,
and he's giving genuine bargains, to boot.
Join the procession and get a key.
C. E. WESCOTT & SON
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Official County Paper.
The stock-yards aud railroads do
no; quite own Nebraska yet.
At IcC-.))t the Majors men ran tbe
vote up to 6f0, on a possible legal vote
of 43".
Mr. Cleveland is making another
blander by his new bond issue. Con
gress ought to slop such nonsense.
The b st raeaus at baud for carrying
gold to a premium would be to require
all customs duties to be paid in gold.
Fiftei x contes'ed seats have thus
far been developed for the coming con
gress. The contestants are all republi
cans who. like Matt Daugberty, do not
believe that an election elects.
Dexvek has a daily sensation these
days in the person of a man who
strangles lewd women three have al
ready fallen vict:ms to his clutch. No
clew has ye: been found of his identity.
lilTB knstkin, the wonderful pianist
and music con poser, died very sud
denly at his home in Peterhof, Russia,
Tue-day. lie was a wonder in his
line, and did much to awaken interest
in p ano music.
Ed. MuitF!N', li b Diewsedow, tbe
Lincoln Jrurnal and a few other tin
horn po'.iticians, pap-suckers and
bangers ou are still talking of a con
test in hope to count out an honest
elected governor and thin continue
their jobs for two more years. Even
Pete Brown, it is said, has not given
up all hops. -Nebraska City Iudepen-
deut.
The Fifty-third congress has yet one
session left in which to redeem the
promise of the last democratic national
couventtion to coin 'both gold and
silver without discrimination against
either metal or charge for mintage.'''
The president called coneress to
gether in extra session to carry out
one part of the plank which demanded
the repeal of the Sherman law, and
tbe members of congress were assured
that when repeal was secured steps
would be taken to carry out the rest
of the plank. It has been now more
than a year since the Sherman law
was repealed.
The first effort made towards sup
plying money for the people by the
coinage of the seigniorage in the
treasury was vetoed by the president.
Eastern democrats have protested
against any legislation favorable to
silver lest it might injure the demo
cratic party in the east.
We have now reached a point
where the democratic party of the
east cannot be injured. The finan
ciers have not shwn any apprecia
tion of the efforts of the democratic
party in behalf of a dearer dollar.
They know that the republican party
can be better trusted than the demo
cratic party to secure the maintenance
of tbe gold standard, and the demo
cratic congress, when it meets again,
ought not to be cajoled or intimidated
any longer by these influences which
have been hostile to the restoration
of the gold and silver coinage of the
constitution.
Immediately upon the convening of
the third session of tbe Fitty-third
congress the friends of silver should
make a determined effort to pass a
free coinage bill and send it to the
president for his signature. If he
signs it, then bimetallism will be re
stored. If be vetoes it. the issue for
1390 will be before us. Every reason
given for the repeal of the Sherman
law has failed. Tbe return of pros
perity predicted has not materialized.
There is no reason now why the
friends of Bilver should wait any
onger. Let them go to Washington
prepared to act and act at once.
World-Herald.
Judge IJheweu decided that the
frieght-rate law of Nebraska was
constitutional in form but inoperative
in fact, because the railway lawyers
I persuaded him that the rates on the
present amount of business were too
low to make it pay. He may be right,
but to the ordinary mind it does not
seem so. According to all known eco
nomic principles cheaper rates would
create more business, just as cheap
postage and better accommodations
has brought an increase of revenues to
the postal department, and the courts
have not only a right but it is their
duty to take that fact into account.
Twenty-five years ago a commission
of the London board of trade investi
gated the subject thoroughly and de
cided that railway fares could be cut
don to an average of one-fourth of a
cent per mile and still leave a
good profit to the companies. Still,
those companies have never tried the
experiment to see it worked out. The
trouble with all the railwas is that
they are too heavily stocked acd
bonded to permit tbe giving of fair
rates te the public, and the courts are
too apt to take that into account. None
of the railway managers are interested
in trying experiments on local freight
charges. It is only when they have
some other company to compete with
that they figure close on rates. If
they were to make a genuine effort to
build up local business as well as tbe
'Jong hauls'" we have no doubt they
could soon demonstrate that Judge
Brewer was in error in bis guess at the
justice of the rates afforded in the
freight rate law of Nebraska. Those
rates are identical with the local rates
of Iowa, and the roads there themselves
adopted them. Such decisions put j
courts into ridicule. i
Tinr lSCKND SCHEME.
Democracy has as a leader (in the
white bouse) a man who is doing bis
best to lead the party into the camp of
the enemy. His ideas of finance are
based upon pluctocracy the right of
the rich to rule by virtue of their
wealth; and not upon democracy, which
is based upon the equality of men.
Tbe masses of the democratic party
must take the reins and denounce such
leadership or their party will die of
dry rot.
Edoak Howard was elected to the
legislature on a ticket nominated by
the democrats of Sarpy alone, without
the aid of fusion, but still he favored
fusion on the state ticket. He is a
bright man, an editor with ideas aud
a captivating way of stating them. He
will m;ke a valuable legi-lator, or we
miss our guess. Success to him.
A week ago the secretary of the
treasury announced bis determination
to issue a second fifty million dollar
loan at 5 per cent., with tbe intention
of securing enough of a premium on
the bonds to make the interest average
3 per cent. The proposition came in
the first place from the New York
bankers, who wanted that means or
outlet for the loan of their surplus
funds. Within a few days thereafter
assurances were given of the sucess of
the scheme.
It is worth while, however, to take
note of one fact while passing, and
that is that already several million
dollars in gold has been paid out of
th treasury for the redemption of
greenbacks and treasury notes with
which to buy these bonds. A man takes
his greenbacks to one window of the
treasury and gets gold for them,
and taikng that gold to another win
dow, gets 5 per cent bonds for
it. In such a transaction can any man
figure out how the amount of gold
reserve is to be increased? Isn't that
the worst sort of robbery? Suppose the
$5C,000.0 H) is drawn out and then paid
back in that way, is Uncle Sam bene
fitted V If not, who is? Simply the
banker who takes this method to in
crease his interest-bearing securities.
Aud who pays the fiddler ? W hy, the
people of this broad land who work for
a living. And that one transaction
will cost them, net, fifteen hundred
thousand dollars a year? Do you call
that good financiering? The banking
fraternity of New York, who seem
to be running the treasury, Mr.
Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle, may call
it that, but to the ordinary mind it is
simply a scheme by w hich a lot of
bankers are permitted to steal from the
people's treasury a million five hundred
thousand dollars a year with no profit
to the country whatever.
As democrats and as patriotic
citizens we protest against it.
Mr. Cleveland may sit in his
office and pride himself on being
an honest man, but if be did a thing
like that as the agent of a private citi-'
zen he would very likely wake up
some fine morning and find himself
wearing the garb of a common felon,
and deservedly, too. That is plain
speech but itstrue,and it is time that
somebody told the truth in a way that
it might get through the cordon of
fawning sycophants whosurround him
to reach his eyes.
Mr. Cleveland in this bond matter ia
Bimply tbe catspaw of his rich cronies
in New York. When tbe former bond
issue was made, and his attention was
called to the $18,641 ,S55 which was
drawn out of the treasury to pay for
bonds it is said he simply "shrugged
his shoulders and said he was glad that
no more was drawn out." Such an ad
ministration may masquerade as demo
cratic but it isn't. It is a fraud on the
people and deserves denunciation from
one end of the land to the other.
Mrs. J. Benson,
LADIES' FTOUriSHEIL
OMAHA.
The scoundrels who contemplated
counting Gov. Ilolcomb out have evi
dently found that tbe job was too big
for them, so they have given it up.
With all the fraud, false counting, ballot-box
stuffing, tbe "passing" in and
out of the state of voters and the vot
ing of every non-resident that money
could buy for their side, and money to
spare for more deviltry, and not a dol
lar for any use on the other side, they
found themselves 3,192 votes short,
and the cry of "fraud' against their
opponents would not stick in the pub
lic ear. There is no moral deubt but
that 10,000 fraudulent votes were cast
or counted for Tom Majors, while it is
equally true that Mr. Ilolcomb was
cheated out of several thousand that
were intended for him by means of the
"straight" democratic swindle that
was worked on the ticket. There is
no sort of doubt but if an honest elec
tion bad been desired by the secretary
of state and the republican, party that
"straight" democratic fraud would
never have been allowed to go on the
ticket, and if it had not it is easy to
see how the whole republican ticket
would have been defeated and that is
just what was feared. There is one
consolation, however, the scheme may
come to plague the inventors some
time.
Congressman Holmax, the great
objector, who was turned down at the
last election by his Indiana constitu
ents, says that the next national cam
paign will be a contest between two
western men for the peesidency and
that the democrats will go to Illinois
for their candidate.
READ THESE PRICES
Ladies' Skirts from 75c. to 814.40.
Ladies' Waists from 50c to $3.50.
Narrow Val. Laces from 15c per,
doz. up.
Butter Cream and Black Laces in
Bordon and other styles from 10c a
yard to the finest quality. Our stock
is very large and no old goods on our
shelves.
We make a specialty of Ribbons and
Handkerchiefs.
Good quality Gloria Silk Sun Um
brellas from 31.00 to 5.00.
Specially low prices on Ladies' and
Children's Hoisery and Underwear.
We have many lines of Ladies' Fancy
Goods, not kept in other stores.
We are giving special prices in
Gloves.
In short, we make special prices in
every department.
Come in or order by MAIL. We
will give your order prompt and care
ful attention.
MRS. J. BENSON,
1519 Douglas St., near 16th,
OMAHA, NEB.
Dr. Agnes V. Swetland,
HOMEOPATHIST.
Special attention to Obstetric, Diseases of
Women and Woman's Surgeif
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