Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901, May 09, 1895, Image 1

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PrTTSUOUTH. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1895.
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VOL. 14, NO. 20.
WEEKLY
A TRIO OF BURGLARS
Supposed to Have Been the Parties
Who Robbed the Paul Postoffice.
OTOE S SHERIFF ON THE TRAIL
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Surveillance at riattsiu.ulli and
He ) auction, but are Keleased
at Hoth Places Sheriff II uoerle
Arrives a Day Too Late.
Sheriff Huberle, of Otoe county, was
in the city on Sunday looking for three
men ho are supposed to have been
the burglars who robbed the postoffice
at Paul, a small station south of Ne
braska City, one night last week. From
the description Riven by Mr. Huberle
to the local officers it is quite sure that
the men wanted were under surveil
lance here as suspicious characters,
but as so information was received
from other towns the men were allowed
to go, and crossed the river heie to
Pacific Junction, where they were also
placed under arrest.
The Nebraska City News says;
Sheriff Huberle learned that three
parties were under arrest at Pacific
Junction, Iowa, and as they were
loaded with coppers it was thought
they had been mixed up in some of the
postoffice robberies in this vicinity.
Cards giving a description of the men
weiesentto various towns, but none
were received here, but our sheriff
read of their airest in the papers and
suspected that they might be the men
wanted for the Paul burglary, tele
graphed to hold the men until he
could come. An answer was received
that the men had been turned loose,
but the sheriff went up to see if he
eould identify some of the goods taken
from the men, and they correspond
exactly with those stolen at Paul.
Had the Pacific Junctiou men notified
our officers of the arrest they would
have been up there in time to get them
in their possession. There is but little
doubt but the men arrested were the
ones wanted in this county.
The thieves are all described as
young men, smooth shaven, and
passed through Plattsmouth, where it
was known they were loaded with cop
pers. Prealdent of the Oorniey I.lve Stuck Com
' pituy Writes
Magnet Chemical Co.
Gentlemen: 1 have for months been
a sufferer from Itching Piles, and tried
numerous so-called remedies which
did me no good. I procured a box of
Magnet Pilk Killeu, and I confess
the first application gave me great re
lief, and whil I feel I am not entirely
cured, I believe that before I have the
entire box used I will be well.
To every one suffering with this un
pleasantdisease I sincerely recommend
Magnet Pile Killer.
Yours Truly, Sam Gosney,
South Omaha, Neb.
Pres. Gosuey Live Stock Company.
Nine days later Mr. Gosney writes:
'I am entirely cured of the Piles and
Magnet Pile Killeh did it."
For sale by Gerlng & Co.
Don't Uelleve They Drowned.
A few weeks ago the disappearance
of two little girls from the vicinity of
Bartlett, la., a few miles south of
Pacific Junction, occasioned much ex
citement, and the commonly accepted
theory at the time was that the elder
of the girls had taken her sister In her
arms and had walked into the Mis
souri river. Tracks were found lead
ing to the river, and this factatrength
ened the theory mentioned. It is now
believed by the people of that vicinity
that the girls were not drowned.
The mother of the elder girl is mar
ried to her second husband, having
been divorced from her first spouse.
Her second mate was a school teacher
who was taken out by a mob a few
years ago and tarred and feathered.
The grandfather of the girls was seen
about the place on the day of their dis
appearance, and it is believed that he
secretly took the children away in a
boat to his home in Nebraska.
To Whom It May Concern:
I am making a genuine effort to close
out my businees here, so that I can
join mj family in California soon.
Therefore I must not only sell my
goods cheap, but I must close all run
ning accounts and sell for cash. Those
of my friends whom have been carry
ing should appreciate this fact and
call and settle up at once. Friendship
cannot continue long unles it is
mutual. Call and see me.
F. McCoukt.
Ice I Ice I Ice I
We are ready to contract for the de
livery of ice in any quantity.
H. C. McMaken & Son,
Telephone No. 72.
.IHUUND 'lllr; UXIItt KOOMN.
Sheriff Eikenbary is suffering with a
very lame leg, the result of a kick from
a fractious horse.
The board of county commissioners
met on Tuesday for the regular
monthly session, and have been trans
acting considerable routine business
during the past three da) s.
The county board have decided to
have wire flag halliards placed on the
flag pole on top of the court house,
and have engaged Col. Jack Britton to
climb the pole and perform the lofty
job.
The ejectment proceedings institu
ted by Anselmo II. Smith against the
parties who are homesteading an island
in the Platte. river north of the pump
house, was being heard before Judge
Hamsey on Friday and Saturday last,
and was continued until some later
date.
The replevin cae of I). O. Dwyer,
as agent for mortgagees, Hgainst C.
W. and C. S. Sherman, to recover the
mailing list taken from The Joukxal
office, was heard before Judge Archer
on Monday afternoon. '1 he judge
heard the evidence in the case and
took the matter under advisement until
Wednesday. On Tuesday Mr. Sher
man, sr., returned a copy of the mail
ing list, and the action agaiust him
was dismissed. The judge decided
that the right of possession of the
property in question was in plaintiff,
and entered judgment for costs and
nominal damages against C. S. Sher
man. '
DUIrlct Court Adjourned.
The May term of district court,
which was set to convene on Monday
last, has been adjourned for one w eek.
or until Monday next.
Th Missouri Is Coming to Town.
For the past three or four years the
main channel of the Missouri river
has been gradually moving eastward
toward the Iowa shore, and has eaten
away several hundred acres of laud on
the Iowa bottoms. For awhile the cut
ting was so extensive as to seriously
threaten the property of people living
on t tit bottoms pposite town, and
had it continued would have caused
the chanuel of the river to run under
the east approach of the big railroad
bridge, leaving the bridge proper span
ning shallow water and sand bars.
Hut the perverse old river has evi
dently concluded that it has Inllicted
enough damage upon land owners on
the iowa side and is ieturniig to Ne
braska again. During the past month
the main chanuel has been gradually
moving westward until now the ellow
waters of the "Misery" can be seen to
the westward of "Sundown island,"
the willow covered bar that was for
merly in the chanuel of the Platte.
Hut there is no sure thing of the
river returning and occupying its old
ted, as the fickel old stream is liable
to do almost anything, but should it
return to the Nebraska side it will be
duly welcome.
I'ruiuluetit Wholesale Urocer or Ouiaha
Neb., Writes:
To the afflicted:
Several years ago I discovered a
slight falling and bleedingof thelower
bowel which increased and became
very distressing. I made inquiry as
to the nature of the disease and learned
that I bad a somewhat aggravated case
of Hemorrhoids or Piles. Was told of
several remedies and used them as di
rected, obtaining thereby some tem
porary relief. Not being satisfied with
such alight relief I cast about for a per
manent cure; when a friend directed
the use of the famous Magnet Pile
Killeh. 1 used it. Immediate relief
from pain followed, and soon a com
plete cure was affected.
Very respectfully,
Oscau Allen.
For sale by Gering & Co.
Bicycle riders are increasing at a
rapid rate, and are to be found on all
of the highways and byways of the
city and country. Speaking of wheels
it is strange that drivers of vehicles
have a sort of antipathy for the wheel
man whoinsist upon having their legal
share of the roadway, and yet not one
of them could give any reason for it.
The truth is, the driver of a vehicle
ought to take off his hat to every
wheelman he meets on the public high
way, for these fellows are pushing the
movement for good roads all over the
United States. A decade of good
roads agitation on the part of this
constantly iucreasing army of wheel
men will give us a better grade of
vehicles and finer horses for good
roads always bring stylish tournouts.
Let a city pave its principal residence
streets and in.a year there is a sudden
Influx of fine vehicles and elegant
equippages. The wheelmen will in
tlcue cover the earth with beautiful
streets and solid thoroughfares.
The Commercial Club.
The complete success attained by
the "Sundown club" as a cultured
social, literary and amusement organ
ization has stimulated the organiza
tion of another club under the name
of the Commercial club, and articles
of incorporation have been riled in the
office of the county clerk. The object
of the club, as set forth in the articles
of incorporation, is to provide perma
nent quarters for a reading room, and
rooms for social entertainment, games,
etc., tor the members, and a restaur
ant, billiard room, card rooms, and a
reading room are among the proposed
features. The capital stock is fixed at
$300, divided into shares of $ each,
and each member will be allowed to
hold but one share.
The incorporators t;ro Joe Klein, C.
M. Hutler, T. M. Pattersou, Jas. K.
Pollock, Frank J. Morgan, C. A. How,
S. C.Wilde and Frank Dickson, and
the membership of the club includes
nearly all our business and professional
men.
The quarters of the club have not
yet been decided on, but the second
tloor of the Carrulh building at the
corner of Main anil Fifth streets, is
being considered.
Plattsmouth has long needed just
such an organization of this kind, and
when the new club is iu complete tun
uing order it will afford the members
a suitable place for entertaining both
themselves and their tv.it - of - town
friends.
A Nrw Invention.
Wait MftHon.
When Secretary J. Sterling Morton
was last in Nebraska he plowed a few
furrows of his estate near Nebniika
City, ami three gallon of the sweat of
honest til stream down his noble face.
When he went back to Washington he
issued a pronuncaun-nto eajingthat
the plow is a relic of thedatk ages.and
that it is a sin and a shame that no
reasonable substitute has been invne
ted. He is of the opinion that !he plow
only half does its duty, ami we agree
with him. Inspired by the brave
words, we have since been at work
making a plow that ought to revolu
tionize agriculture. Our model is now
complete, and J. H. Weston ami other
authorities who have examined it pro
nounce it to brt the finest thing ever
beheld. The plow share runs to a depth
ot six feet, and throws the dirt into a
hopper which conducts it to a lot of
machinery that sorts out all thestones
and rubbish, gathers up the tishworms
and places thc-tn in a tin can, and
finally replaces the scil free from all
lump -j and impurities. The plow is
provided with a comfortable spring
seat, with a canopy top for the driver,
on whose left - hand are arranged
shelves for current novels and other
literature; beneath the shelves there is
a drawer for cigars, while the friction
of the machinery keeps a lunch warm
all day. Hy turning one tap the driver
may secure a glass of ice cold lemonade
and another brings hot coffee; a crank
connected with the main wheel runs a
music box that plays all the popular
airs of the day, while another crank
operates a large fan over the driver's
head, to keep Mies away and to keep
hioj cool. The only possible objection
to this extraordinary piece of ma
chinery is that it will require eighteen
horses to haul it. but horses are cheap,
and they should cut no figure where
the comfortof the farmer is concerned.
The next time Mr. Morton comes to
Nebraska he will find that plowing is
fun.
State of Onto, City ok
Toledo, Lucas Co. f '
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo, county and state afore
said, and that said firm wiil pay the
sum of one hundred dollars for each
and every case of catarrh that cannot
be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
Fkank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 0th day of Decem
ber, A. D. 1880.
seal: A. W. Gleason,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh cure is taken inter
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. C.ieney & Co., Toledo, O.
CiTSold by drugsrists, 75c.
The Nebraska City News says: This
morning a very large man, weighing
301 pounds, and a little wofnan, weigh
ing 91 pounds, went into Judge Jas.
W. Raton's office to be married. They
were from Hed Oak, Iowa, and gave
theirnames as Hiram James, aged 00
years, and Mkh lionise Eleanor Inger
soll, aged 21 years. The judge tied
them tight and fust and after atking
him to keep the matter a secret they
took their departure, It was a queer ly
mated couple.
COME DOWN LIKE HAIL
Some of Our Neighbors are Visited
;by a Destructive Hail Storm.
PLATTSMOUTH IS FORTUNATE.
Several Thousand Dollars Worth or Glass
U Itrukeu In Omaha and the Entire
Fruit Crap In Other Sections
Is Ilulntd.
Portions of this section of the coun
try was visited by a destructive hail
storm on last Monday afternoon, which
caused considerable damage in the line
of broken windows and destruction of
truit and grow ing crops in the sections
visited. Apparently Cass county en
tirely escaped a visitation of this
calamity, but our neighbors were not
so fortunate. The area of the storm,
so far as the hail portion of it was
concerned, was not very wide, and
although it rained hard in this city no
hail fell. The storm evidently trav
eled up the valley of the Missouri
on thw Iowa side until it reached
Omaha and then went toward the
northwest. At Hattlett, Iowa, hail
as large as pebbles was reported,
breaking windows on the south and
east side of buildings and doing con
siderable damage to the fruit crop aud
fields of grow ing grain and vegetable
gardens. Omaha was directly in the
path of the storm, and the damage
caused by the breaking of window
glass alone will amount to several
thousand dollars, sky-lights and green
houses and conservatories were heavy
sufferers. Many people were severely
pelted by the falling hail, some cf
which was reported to be as large as
hen eggs, but no one was seriously
hurt.
Thus far no reports have been re
ceived that any portion of Cass county
was visited by hail.
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!.! of better
Remaining unclaimed in the postoffice
at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, May 9, lS9o:
Dixon, MIs Jennie Maltl, Mls Jobann
Kesler, Rodney.
Persons calling for any of the above
letters or parcels w ill please say "ad
vertised." W. K. Fox, P. M.
Bert Huchenati got on a drunk Sun
day at Nemaha City and made numer
ous threats against John E. Crother,
his brother-in-law. About- 10 o'clock
that night Huchenau went over to Cro
ther's and attempted to break in. He
had an axe raised to break in the door,
when Crother fired, the ball striking
Huchenau just over the heart, inflict
ing a wound that will, in all probably,
prove fatal. No one blames Crother
for shooting, under the circumstances.
He has surrendered himself. The
wounded man was formerly a fireman
on the B. & M. for years. He is con
sidered a dangerous man when drink
ing.
If all the taxes that have been levied.
taking 1S94 as a basis, were paid dur
ing the next two years theie would be
a deficit of $750,000. In other words
the legislature has appropriated $750,
000 more money than it can possibly
raise under the most favorable circum
stances. As a matter or fact, owing
to the large number unable to pay their
taxes, the deficit is certain to exceed
$1,000,000. Add this to the present
debt of $000,000 and we have a pretty
heavy load for the hard times. It is
very evident that a few more sessions
of a legislature like the last one and
the state would be bankrupt.
AT M'COUKr'S OKOCKKY.
Groceries At Cot and Lens Anything to
Get Out or the Itualnesn.
A few sample prices are given be
low:
Teas Best Moyune and Gunpowder
tea, G0c; cost 75c.
Best uncolored Japan, 40c.; cost 40c.
Great reduction in the price of flour.
Best canned corn, 10c, coat 10c.
Is bound to sell out and offers every
thing at cost.
A GUEAT DKIYK IN TOILET SOArS.
Has a lartre stock, and will sell for
cost or less. Has a special drive in
Graham toilets. Call, ladies, for
bargains.
White Has Pure Ice.
In addition to having an ice house
welL filled with the purest kind of
channel ice obtainable, Wlite & Co
have the most competent deliveryman
in the city. People who are. di scorn
modud every summer by an ill-man
nerotl "ice man" should let na deliver
their ice. Leave orders at White'
general merchandise store.
F. S. WniTE & Co.
IN AND AUOUND THE TOWN.
Dr. Marshall, DENTIST Fitzger
ald block.
Lave your order for the season's ice
with Polsall.
Headquarters for cheese at Weck
bach's grocery.
Two packages of Arbuckle's coffee,
45c, at McCourt's.
New and fresh groceries every day
at A. II. Weckbach's.
The"PlanSifter"flour is the popular
brand. Ask for it from your grocer.
Graham Bros.' toilet soaps the fin
est in the world at cost at McCourt's.
Leave your orders for job work with
Tok Journal, an artistic job guar
anteed. Tom Walling, abstractor of titles,
Todd block. Guarantees accuracy of
all his work. 25tf.
When you paint your house, barn or
vehicles, get the best paint, jj. G.
Fricke & Co. eel, it. 29
Peter McCann, of Omaha, was in
the city yesterday looking after his
.'lattsmouth interests.
J. W. Waite, publisher of the En
terprise at Exeter, was in the city on
business on Wednesday.
Money to loan by the LiviDgston
Loan and Building associution. Apply
to II. R. Gering, secretary.
Other firms may come and go, but
Ierold & Sod, the old reliable dry
goods house, keeps on forever.
The St. John's Catholic society will
give the first picnic of the season at
Bajeck's paik on next Sunday.
Buy the improved Singersewing ma
chine. Anton Trinity, local agent,
office in Unruh's furniture store.
Judges of good cigars agree that the I
F.rnnisitnq is one of the best nickel I
cigars in the market. ASKioriuem.
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J. M. Patterson has arrived home
safely from his California visit, in time
or the May session of the county
board.
The "O. K." bath rooms will re
main open on Sundays until 12 o'clock
noon.) Best baths in the city. Price
15 cents.
Eagle and Eclipse bicycles sold by T.
E. Parmele, agent. Agency at Smith
fc Parmele's drug store. See him be
fore buying. Iu
McCourthas just received from bis
fruit farm at San Jacinto, Cal., a con
signment of fine evaporated apricots,
to be sold at 10c-c-cost laid down. 8
Choice canned fruits and vegetables,
such as raspberries, strawberries,
blackberries, plums, beans and peas
at 10 cents a can. Zuckweiler & Lutz.
The Sherwin-Williams prepared
paint covers most, looks best, wears
longest, is most economical and of full
measure. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co.
This is the best time of the year to
paint your houses, barns and fences.
F. G. Fricke & Co., keep a full stock
of the best prepared paints in the mar
ket, at low prices.
The Christsan church will give a
social on Tuesday evening, May 14th to
which everybody is cordially invited.
The place for holding said social will
be announced later.
Theodore Decker, of Round Rock,
Texas, who has been in this city on
business connected with the Decker
estate, left for home last night over
the Missouri Pacific.
The working forces at the B. & M.
shops are being gradually increased,
several of the former employes having
been re-installed in their old positions
during the past week.'
The B. & M. pay car arrived on
schedule time yesterday morning and
distributed the usual amount of wealth
among the company's employes, and
in consequence everybody is happy
and smiling.
The commencement exercises of the
class of '95 of the Plattsmc uth high
school will be held at White's opera
house on Thursday evening. May 30th.
Our schools will graduate a class of
ten this year.
Large quantities of strawberries are
now being offered for sale on the local
market at 121 cents per box. The
berries are shipped from southern
points, the crop of native berries will
not be ready for market for two or
three weeks.
The Lincoln News says: Uncle Jacob
Vallery, sr., the veteran democrat of
Cass county, is in the city today on
business. He is over eighty years of
age, but as hale as any young politician
and not too old by any means to look
closely after his large means.
- Henry Waterman has been re-
Inqfatat! In hie fnrmar nnnitlnn AS B. &
1SMM VM WW SMeila V SmM V V W W w a -
M. store-keeper at Lincoln. Clayton
Barber, who has been acting store
keeper for the past year, has returned
to his old position, that of chief clerk
of the store department at Lincoln.
The individual who looks to the
government to make his prosperity will
always be down in the mouth; likewise
in pocket. There is no form or system
of government that will give a man
prosperity without industry.
Spring fever is raging now, but it is
nothing new for some of our young
men. They have spring fever through
out the whole year. It is to be hoped,
for the good of the community, that
they will catch some other kind of
feyer for a change that of working.
The meanest man in the world is
said to live over near Tecumseh. One
of his horses got loose the other night
and a neighbor took the animal up and
tied it in his barn. When the owner
was notified the next morning he re
fused to identify his horse and left it
on his neighbor's bands.
The O'Neill boys are having con
siderable difficulty in operating their
ferry boat just now. The channel of
the Missouri appears to be changing
and has put in a sand bar directly in
the line of their right-of-way, neces
sitating a new landing several
hundred feet further down the stream.
A year or two hence farmers will no
more think of trying to raise a crop of
corn irom unaeveiopeu anu imuain-
vated seed than a crop of thorough
bred colts from range ponies. The
time was when the razor back hog wasi
good enough for many, but one would
have to travel almost out of the bound!
of civilization to find one today.
If there is anyone thing more disgust
ing than another, it is a continual flow
of profanity. Some men cannot draw
an easy breath, or formulate a single
Rentence without from one to tnree
oaths thrown into it. Both profanity
and vulgarity are degrading. If there
is no God, then profanity is exceed
ingly foolish if there is a God, it is
desperately wicked.
The board of education were attend
ing to school matters on Monday and
Tuesday evenings. Prof. McClelland
was re-elected superintendent for the
next year, and the entire corps ot
teachers were also re-elected. Prof.
Ilalsey, the principal, was not an ap
plicant for re-election. We under
stand that the professor has been
selected as superintendent at Ashland.
The supreme court of Michigan has
denied the petition of a convicted
member of a school board for a new
trial on the ground that "he was in
duced to commit the wrongful act and
did not himself originate the plan."
That court seemed to entertain the
opinion that the man who commits a
crime should be punished therefor and
not be permitted to pose as a weak
and tearful martyr.
The story is told of a minister in a
neighboring town who had been work
ing hard to clear his church of debt.
The same day that some unknown
friend sent him a draft for $100 to ap
ply on his debt, his wife presented him
with a baby boy. It is no wonder that
the congregation smiled next Sunday
when his man of God, thinking only
of the donation, returned thanks for
the small succor that had just arrived.
Aunt Dinah Jones, one of the col
ored refugees who came to this city a
number of years ago, has in her pos-
session a Mexican silver aoiiar wuica
she would not part with for hundreds
of times its value. At the beginning
of the late rebellion President Lin
coln called on "her master" and re
mained to dinner and as she waited on
that distinguished gentleman he gave
her the Mexican dollar as a "tip."
She never permitted that coiu to get
out of her posession until yesterday
when she allowed Councilman Bauer
to bring it up town to show to some
frlend3. Aunt Dinah is prouder of
that piece of meney than if she owned
a corner lot in this city. Nebraska
City News
Especially Selected.
Having secured a large amount of
hams and bacon before the advance in
prices, I am able to sell same at 10 and
12J cents per pound. Your patronage
respectfully solicited.
8
J. C. Petersen.
Notice to Creditors.
State or Nebraska, 1 83
In county court.
tl93 tUUfllli
In the matter of the estate of Msrj Hsbsheit,
deceased:
Notice Is hereby gtien that the claims and
demands of all persons against Mary tlabsheit,
deceased, late of said county and state, win be
receivedexamined and adjusted by the county
court at the court house In Plattsmouth. on the
Vth day of November. A. D. ISM at 10 o cloca In
the forenoon. And that six months from and
D. 1895,
p. s. Ramsxt, County Judge.
limited for creditorsor iiiuueu. r -thelrclalms
for examination and ahovaoce.
Given under my hand this 8th day of May, A.
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