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PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, TUURSDAY, JULY 11. 1895.
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PEACEFUL FOURTH.
Not Much Noise In Town, But Num-
erous Accidents.
THE CELEBRATIONS ELSEWHERE
Another Illoody Murder In Oinaha The
liody of the Victim Found In the
Mimourl River Several Miles
Itelow Omaha Notes.
A light shower about daybreak usb
ered in the glories of America's natal
day, settling the dust and cooling the
atmosphere perceptibly, to that all
rnieht enjoy themselves comfortably
under the trees throughout the day.
The booming of cannon (crackers),
followed by a fusilade of small arms,
lasting throughout the day, awakened
the drowsy sleepers from their night's
repose, and preparations began for
celebrating IndepeKdence Day. Res
idences and business houses through
out the town showed profuse displays
of the national cotors, albeit no for
mal celebration took place in town.
livery vehicle, public and private,
Tvas put into early use to convey peo
ple to the various places where cele
brations were to take place, and still
others left on the trains. Numbers
went to Cedar Creek to fish in the
Metzger ponds, still others went to
Rock Bluffs, where Jesse L. Root was
the orator, and partook of a basket
picnic.
Carryalls, carriages, wagons and
every vehicle obtainable was pressed
into the service to carry Sunday school
children and theirparents to the grove
near the residence of Hon. E.R.Todd,
four miles out, where an old-fashioned
celebration was held.
The streets of town were well-nigh
-deserter! ami tne cmer nusiness con
sisted in the sale of fireworks and
foeer.
The dealers iu fireworks report a
very satisfactory trade. The unprece
dented cheapness of the goods made
people invest more than they would
h-ive doue if crackers and rockets and
R:nni ; -in dies h id been high-priced
The dealers say that the low prices
were due to a war between the" trust
and h few outside concerns and that
next year they are liable to be up to
their old standard. Thursday night the
display that went up from private
houses over town made a very pretty
sicht fnm any elevated position.
The celebration at Pacific Junction
Thursday was a bis affair, and several
thousand people were in attendance
The delegation from this city was
verv Iare. and the sportsmen who
participated in the shoot over there
report the man who kept the score
crave the Plattsmou!h men the worst
of it at almost every opportunity
They claim that when, for instance
one of them would break six or seven
blue rocks out of ten. the scorer would
only credit them with four or five
They all feel very sore at the treat
ment received.
The orators at the celebration in
Todd's grove were Rev. Youtzy, Jake
lieeson, Geo. Todd and Lowe Wiles,
and it is reported that they acquitted
themselves admirably. About five
hundred people were present, the ma
jority attending from this city, and a
most enjoyable time was had by all.
Judtre Chapman delighted a large
crowd of people at the Nebraska City
celebratiom Thursday, delivering
moat appropriate address.
Fourth of July Accidents.
Paul Gering, the druggist, held
large firecracker in his hand too long
Thursday noon, and as a result his
thumb and several fingers were tern
bly lacerated. Ine wound is a very
painful one.
It is reported that a wom;n was se
verely burned over at the Junction
celebration last Thursday. A lighted
torch fell from the dance platform on
to her dress, which caught fire, and
but for timely assistance, she might
have been fatally burned.
Jame3 Pine, the switchman, while
Making a coupling in the B & M yards
early Thursday morning, had his hand
caught between the lumpers, and
severely smashed. The end of his
thumb was pinched off, but the other
fingers were only bruissd. He will
take an enforced lay-off for a few days.
Wednesday afternoon little Willie
3etts. a son' of W. H. Betts, the
-pointer, thought he could drop a
'liirbted match into a bottle of powder
.and gt out of the way before the ex
plosion occurred. As a consequence
the IittLe fellow had one of his eyes o
-severely burned that it is very doubt-
ful whether it can be saved or not. The
other eye was injured considerably.
Mrs. L. I). Beuuett and a par,ty were
spending the Fourth out at Elias
Sage's place, and while the lady was
running with some children on the
lawn, she slipped and fell on a piece of
broken glass. Her wrist was severely
cut and her face bruised considerably.
Mrs. Bennett was brought to town
ana a physician dressed the wounds.
Harvey Cunningham was unloading
large cake of ice at White's store
Thursday morning, when the tongs
slipped off the ice and struck him a
earful blow under the eye. The flesh
was torn about an inch and a half, and
the wound was very painful. It was
narrow escape for his eye, and he
will wear that member in a sling for
some time.
Thursday morning B. J. Reynolds,
the B. & M. switchman, was enjoying
a celebration down in the yards, and
while firing a large cannon firecracker.
neglected to throw it at the proper
time. As a result it exploded in his
right hand, burning it quite severely,
and bursting the flesh on his first Au
ger, liaa the nrecracker Deen grasped
firmly, his entire hand would probably
have been blown off.
Another Omaha Murder.
Omaha has another murder case on
hand. John Seljan, a Bohemian em
ployed in the smelting works, has mys
teriously disappeared. "His clothes
covered with blood, have been found
on the river bank at the foot of Har
ney street, and the room at the bouse
where Seljan lodged presents the ap
pearance of a slaughter house, the
walls and floor being splattered with
blood. Five occupants of the house
have been arrested, and the police be
lieve they have the right parties.
Seljan a few days ago received about
a thousand dollars from the old coun
try, and robbery is supposed to have
been the motive for the crime.
Keljan's Body Found.
The body of John Seljan, who was
murdered in Omaha several days ago.
was discovered in the Missouri river
Friday afternoon near South Omaha.
The man's throat was cut and the sup
position is that the man, Buchove,who
admits having shaved Seljan last Tues
day afternoon, plunged the razor into
his throat after he had finished shav
ing him. It has been developed that
Buchove and Drobnic. the two men
who boarded with Seljan, each owed
the murdered man a sum of money.
and it is believed that this was their
motive for the crime. All the inmates
of the house are thought to be impli
cated in the crime and are under ar
rest. Seljan had quite a sum of money
in his possession and only a part of
this has been found. It was one of
the most brutal murders in the history
of Omafia which means considerable.
A Delightful Picnic.
One of the most pleasant celebra
tions Thursday was held at the hand
some country residence of 1. S. White
near Rock Bluffs. In addition to the
usual festivities, the party enjoyed
fishing and boating in the fine lakes
on Mr. White's place.
Amonsr those who attended from
this city were the family of Chas
Cummins, II. D. Travis, W. K. Fox,
H. N. Dovey, Jack Pierce, Geo. House
worth, Mrs. W. H. Bearing and chil
dren, Messrs. Ilrof. McClelland, John
Davies, Geo. Spurlock, and the Misses
Dora and Mable Swearingen, Birdie
Hyers, Mary McClelland, Kittie Cum
mins, and Miss Mason of Burlington.
The party chartered four carry-alls
and the drive was a most enjojable
one, no accidents occurring to mar the
pleasure of the occasion.
Mrs. Ih Refused Bail.
Mrs. Mabel E.Ish. charged as wel
as her husband, with the murder of
William H. Chappie, appeared Fri
day morning in the Douglas county
district court, before the crimina
judge, to plead to the information and
ask for bail. While she did not sue
ceed in getting the desired liberty the
matter was left in such a form tha
she may renew her application when
ever she desires. To the charge o
murder in the first degree she answered
"'Not guilty."
About twenty-five people from this
city went out to the pleasant home of
Uncle John Ilolschuh Sunday and sur
prised that gentleman quite agreeably.
It was Mr. Holschuh's seventy-second
birthday, and the day was very pleas
antly passed. Some of the members
of the Turner society rendered a few
choice vocal selections, and substan
tial refreshments were provided for
the occasion. A good time was en
joyed by all.
AnMPjPiTW TRATTFi I
OlYlUUl I! rAlUL'.
'Dr." Goldstine Works Some People i
Here and at Fremont.
THE HARSHMAN-GOSNEY MATCH
The End is Not Yet and Another Wrest
ling Match Will Undoubtedly Occur
The Police llout the Uouui
of 111 Fame Notes.
lie Was a Fraud.
Last Saturday a man representing
himself to be a lecturer in the Omaha
medical college, and also a specialist,
treating those afflicted with convul
sions, spasms etc., was in this city.
le engaged a room at the Perkins
and registered "Goldstine," Omaha.
Several people called upon the "spe
cialist" and commenced taking treat
ment from him. lie was a very intel-
igent appearing man, and several of
the patients paid him the required fee.
Ie said he would come to this city
every two weeks to treat his patients.
aud said that he was located at a cer
tain number on Sixteenth street, Om-
Trom this city was in Omaha and took
occasion to call at the number given
by the "specialist." No such person
was located there, and inquiry among
several prominent physicians in that
city failed to locate such a personage.
Several of the people who paid him
money last Saturday are in extremely
poor circumstances, financially, and
can ill-afford to lose the money. One
ady is reported to have paid the "spe
cialist" seven dollars, while others
paid various small sums.
Since the above was written the
Fremont Herald has been received at
this office, and from an article pub-
ished in that paper there seems no
doubt but that Goldstine is a genuine
raud. The following is a portion of
the article:
"Abram M. Goldstine. claiming to
be a physician, is in trouble. He is
also hustling to raise $24.80, that being
the sum necessary to keep him out of
aha, and could be found there and
consulted any time. Tuesday a lady
jail. Golditine says he is a physician
and shows a certificate of registration
from the clerk of a county In Hoosier-
dom. He claims 10 have left his di
ploma in Omaha.
"Yesterday Goldstine went to the
residence of Joseph Klingl, Mrs.
Klingl, being very ill. He told her
he had been sent by "a grocery man
with a gray beard," presumably Mr.
Knechtel. He talked her into buying
$6 worth of his compounds, but that
$6 cost him a whole lot more, and he
had to give back the $6 besides. When
Mr. Klingl came home he was told
about the matter, and at once had
Goldstine arrested on the charge of
practicing medicine without having
complied with the laws in such cases
made and provided. He was taken
to the police station, and then
the way he persuaded Mrs. Klingl
into buying the medicine was
made clear. Goldstine seems to
have been aware that Mr. Klingl was
not at home. Mrs. Klingl says that he
said he was in a hurry, as his wife was
waiting for him. lie wanted $9 for
his medicine, guaranteeing it to cure
her in three months. Mrs. Klingl
finally paid him $0. The 'doctor' was
arrested at the Elkborn depot and
taken to the station. When con
fronted with the complaint he entered
a plea of guilty, lie said he was ig
norant of the law and would comply
with it as soon as he returned to bis
home in Omaha. Judge Holmes fined
him $20 and costs, the total being
$24.60. The doctor did not have that
much money, so he started out with
an officer, to see if he could raise it.
Before starting, however, he returned
the $G to Mr. Klingl."
It is not yet known whether Gold
utine tried to work the same racket in
this city that be did in Fremont, but
he did succeed in "working" quite a
number of people during bis ehort
stay at the Perkins hotel.
That Wrest 11 iic Match.
The Talmage Tribune is evidently
very much wrought up over the recent
IIar8hman-Gosney wrestling match in
that city. The Nebraska City News
of Tuesday prints the communication
of Harshman published in these col
umns several days ago, together with
an extract from the Talmage Tribune,
which is reproduced below:
"We would not belittle the ability
of the Harshman boys as wrestlers,
nor speak disparagingly of their
science. They are good wrestlers, but
their ability to engineer a match is
par " excellence. They understand
everything that is unfair, and depend
more upon their talent in this direc-
po
tion
than upon their science. Had
not Harshman broken holds everv
tiuie Mr Gosuey got half a show at
him, he would have been downed as
i fast as he could get up. They resorted
j to all sorts of trickery, bull dozing and
baby acting to win a fall.
ln marked contrast to such maneu-
vres was the gentlemanly conduct of
Mr. Gosney. He said nothing to the
referee, accepted every decision as
final, and in every way maintained his
well merited reputation as a wrestler
and a gentleman. Harshman would
come into the ring with a scowl, while
Mr. Gosney was always smiling and
good natured. John Gosney is fair
ness itself. Even Floyd Harshman
declared, before this match, in the
writer's hearing: 'I will say you are
the fairest as well as the best wrestler
I ever met." He was unprepared for
this match, having no training. Floyd
Harshman wrestled Gosney at Ne
braska City and knows his style, and
wheu George trained with Floyd it
was equal to a bout with Gosney. He
was iu fine shape, and is scientifically
a better man than Floyd. The con
tract permitted either of the boys to
contest, but Floyd had all he wanted
three weeks sgo, so he broke his toe a
ew days ago iu order to put Georgie
nto the match.
"Mr. Gosney will challenge Floyd
Iarshman to a match for $500 a side."
So much for a strong partisan of
Gosney. II. G. Strong of Nehawka
was present at the match and he says
ieorpe Harshman clearly won the
wager, lie also states mat u. w.
Harshman, sr.. has posted in the Ne-
lawka bank $100 as a forfeit for a
wager of $500 to $1,000 that Floyd can
throw Gosney 3 out of 5 falls, he to
name bis time and place; with or with
out a referee.
Notified to Move.
Pursuant to the instructions of the
mayor aud council of this city. Sheriff
Etkenbary and Chief of Police Dunn
made a call Tuesday at the three
houses of ill fame and notified the in
mates that they would have to fold up
their tents and travel, lhey were in
formed that anyone found in their
houses hereafter would be promptly ar
rested. The "eirls" all seemed will
ing enough to vacate, and said that
they would comply witli the request of
the citv officials at once.
Stole Their Tools.
. .J. Mreight, wno. in company
with Dave McLotee, is prospectine
out in Cripple Creek, Colo., says they
have a good-paying claim, and have
already received several flattering
offers for their "mine." Streigbt is
now in the city visiting and Fri
day received a letter from McEntee,
iu which Dave says that some scoun
drel stole all their tools the other
night, leaving nothing but the hole.
The stolen property was worth about
$75 and there may be a little gore
spilled if the bojs discover the thief.
The Tool Kecovered.
1) C. McEntee arrived Tuesday
evening from Cripple Creek, Colorado,
and will visit here for a week or two.
Dave says that the tools which were
stolen frouithe McEntee-Streight mine
have all been recovered. He says that
as soon as the stolen articles were
missed he suspected a man and. not
awaiting "the aid or consent of the
sheriff or any other nation on earth "
lie went after the thief, captured him
and mjfde him return the tools.
Iu speak ini.f the country out there,
Dave says he is well pleased with it.
"Of course," he says, "the country is
a trifle wild, but that is what mates it
lively and times good." Will Streight
and himself have a very promising
claim near Cripple Cretk. and it will
be no surprise to their friends here to
learn some day that they have "struck
it rich."
irasrimMU-lluley.
From Wednesday's Daily.
This evening at half-past seven
o'clock, at the residence of Mr.
Searles, on west Granite street. Mr.
J. W. Grassman and Miss Belle D.
Rupley will be united in marriage by
Rev. Dr. J. T. Baiid of the Presby
terian cnuicu-. Air. urassmnn is a
well-kuown young man of excellent
character, and has resided here many
years, and the bride is a young lady
well and favorably known, who has
resided here several years. The young
couple will at once commence house
keeping at the Seal les place. The
Journal extends its heartiest con
gratulations. The Weekly Journal will be
sent to any post office in the United
States one year for one dollar, in ad
Importatnt Case Filed.
An important case has been filed in
district court from Weeping Water.
It is entitled "The State of Nebraska
vs. the Commercial Bank of Weeping
Water" an institution which became
insolvent some time since aud has
been in the hands of a receiver, and
was brought by Geo. Sheldon, David
Woodward, G. W. Adams and others,
depositors, through their attorney, J.
II. Haldemau, and the prayer of the
petition is for the removal of one II. II.
Moies as receiver, and for the appoint
ment of John A. Donelan to such re
ceivership. The petition sets forth that the re-
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ceiver is insolvent, as are aiso ms
bondsmen, and are financially worth
less, that all of them are non-residents
of the county, that the receiver has
not complied with the law requiring
him to make monthly reports of his
doings to the court, that he has re-
fused to wind up the affairs of the
bank without unnecessary delay refus
ing to sell the goods and chattels of
the bank, and has paid out money
without an order of the court; that he
has colluded with T. M. Howard, late
president of the bank, and who now
owes the bank more than $3,220, has
has not only not tried to collect said
debt, but has paid money of the bank
to Howard and has shielded Howard
from the payment of his debt; that he
has consulted other
debtors but has
made no effort to collect the bank's
claims against them; that nearly all
the stockholders are non-residents of
the state except four, who collectively
owe the bank some $12,000, and the de-
positors want the bank's affairs settled
up so that they can get thnr dues.
It seems that Moies. who lives at Be
atrice, was appointed by the supreme
court under the old law, while this
action is brought under the law rec-
ently passed w hich will become ef-
fective on the first of next August,
which permits all Biich actions
to be brouzht in the district court
of the county from which the first pe
tition was sent, civing that court
jurisdiction over all such matters.
The papers in the case recite that an
examination of the Gage county re-
cords where Moies, the receiver, and
his bondsmen reside, show that these
men are all insolvent and practically
collection-proof, and therefore the de-
positors have no secuiity against mal.
feasance.
In Justice Archer's Court
Five suits on notes brought by the
Citizens bank against Plattsmouth
parties have been decided in favor of
the plaintiff.
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Judge Archer was busy Friday hear
ing testimony in a civil action brought
by D'Allemand & Co. against the
Bank of Commerce of Louisville and
C. H. Parmele. The suit is ovei the
conversion of some liquors by J. N.
Drake to Parmele. upon which the
plaintiff claims to have held amort-
gage.
In the case of D'Allemand vs. Louis
ville Bank of Commerce and C. II.
Parmele, Justice Archer has decided
in favor of defendant.
Saw the World in a r ew Dnys.
A special from Ashland in yester
day's Omaha Bee, says: "Two boys.
aged 11 and 13 respectfully, sons of a
prominent minister in this city, ran
away from home July 4. They took a
skiff and a basketful of provisions and
floated down the Missouri river to an
inland, where they camped until get
ting tired, then floated on to Nebraska
Citv. At that point they became
homesick and concluded to come home.
They paid their fare to Plattsmouth
and beat their way on a freight from
there to Ashland."
Mis Ciould On a Tour.
Miss Helen Gould and a party of
relatives and friends passed through
this city Saturday afternoon on a Mis
souri Pacific special. The party is en-
route for Deuver to enjoy an outing
and is composed of the following peo
ple: Miss Helen Gould, Frank Jay
Gould. Miss Ida J. Casts and Miss
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William Northrop of Yonkers, N. Y.,
Mr. and Frank K. Haiti of New York
and General Manacrer W. B. Dod-
dridge of the Missouri Pacific railroad.
Some young men came to town last
Thursday driving a lively young
pair" of bay horses. The team was
hitched on a side street at about ten
o'clock, and there it stood, without
feed or water until eight o'clock in
the evening, when the y. in. got in the
buggy and drove out of town in a
condition much the worse for drink.
"The merciful man is merciful to his
beast."
INCREASED HOURS.
Every Department of the B
"Working Nine Honrs.
& M.
A SUCCESSFUL CATTLE FEEDER.
S. Will of Eight Mile drove Makes
Good Money A Former Flatts
inouth Hoy Killed lly the
Cars at Canton, 111.
Increasing the Hours.
Every department in the B. & M.
shops at this point is now working
nine hours per day and six days a
week, while several departments are
working ten hours a day. More em
ployes are being added daily to the
company's force, and the outlook for
good times is brighter now than for
many months. Six new men were
added to Steimker's freight car depart
ment Monday morning,while two were
employed in the paint shop. There
will be plenty of work for sometime
yet, as the company is now getting
i . .
all its rolling stock in repair ior a
big season's business, a3 soon as the
crop, which now seems assured, is
harvested. This is the kind of news
the people of Plattsmouth like to hear.
A SuccesHful Cattle-Feeder.
From Monday's Daily.
A. S. Wills of Eight Mile Grove, who
is without question at or near the
head of the successful cattle-feeders of
Casg county, expects to send to the
goutn Omaha ' market tomorrow 101
head of spring fed cattle nearly all
of which are two-year-olds. "They
are the finest and beat cattle I ever
shipped," said he, "considering their
ace and the time 1 have fed them. I
put them up and began feeding them
four months ago. They weighed then
just 800 pounds apiece, and will now
average a little more than 1300 lbs. I
have weighed every pound I have fed
them and it has bean just about forty
seven bushels to the steer. About
one-fourth of the grain was wheat and
J the average costwas about thirty-five
j cents a bushel. Besides feeding the
J cattle I have had 200 hogs running in
I the lot and they have grown and
J thrived nicely without a pound of ad-
ditional feed." The price of such
cattle on the South Omaha market on
Saturday was about $4.75, so it is easy
to estimate that Mr. Wills has made a
reasonable profit on his investment
and the labor involved. Other feeders
I may lose money, but Mr. Wills always
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makes sometning on nis ventures m
cattle feeding.
Martin Lohinau Killed.
From a recent paper published at
Canton, Ills., it.is learned that Martin
Lohman, the fifteen-year-old son of
J. B. Lohman, the ex-Plattsmouth im
plement dealer, was killed at that
place a few days since. The little fel
low attempted to jump on a moving
freight train aud, missing his hold,
fell under the wheels and was ground
to pieces. Mr. Lohman and family
resided in this city some three years,
coming here from Pekin, Ills. They
removed to Canton, Ills., last Decem
ber. Martin was a very intelligent lit
tle fellow and was well liked by his
playmates. He carried papers for The
Daily Journal under Mr. Sherman's
management, for some time, and was
a very trustworthy lad. His many
friends will be grieved to learn of his
sad death.
Declines to Fay Dorgan.
State Auditor Moore declines to de
liver the state warrant for $33,000 to
Dorgan, penitentiary contractor, des
pite the decision of the district court
dissolving the injunction secured by
Illinois creditors of C, W. Mosher.
The Farmers and Merchants' national
bank of Galva has filed an appeal bond,
taking the case to the supreme court.
which will hang the warrant up until
September. Because of this appeal
the state auditor will not surrender
the warrant, notwithstanding Attor
ney-General Churchill's opinion that
he may do so if he will.
A thunder shower came up quite
Suddenly about 10 o'clock Sunday,
accompanied bv a wind which blew
much growing corn down, and blew
many apples off the trees. For a half
hour rain came down in sheets as if
the clouds had come down . to the
earth. During the high wind storm
the roof of the shingle warehouse in
Waterman's lumber yard was lifted
and blown out into Fourth street.
Small grain came out of the storm in
far better condition than was hoped
for.
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