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- -y TIE mnno u "B-B Jrar AND FEAR NOT." VOL.. 14. '30. 32. PLJLTTS MOUTH, NEBHASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 18U5. $1.00 PElt YEAU. IF PAID IN ADVANCE. 0 JNAik .l ..Li A W MULL I J rr. J: THIEVES CAUGHT. Sheriff Eikenbary and His Deputies Make a Qood Haul. WERE WATCHED TWO WEEKS. am Stribling aud Julius Kainge Very Neatly Trapped Last Week. Mrs. chafer Heard From at Liu coln Man Killed. An Iinportant Capture. Daily Jocbnal, July 25. Sheriff Eikeubary aud Deputies Hyers and Deuson last evening made a veiy important capture. For some t i :i e various farmers living in this precinct have beeu 4 touched up' for grain, chickens, wood, and, in fact, almost everything portable. These pil'.eriugs have become so numerous of late that several complaints were made to the officers. The sheriff and his as sistants went to woik on the case about two weeks ago, and shortly af terwards fixed their suspicions on Sam Stribling and Julius llamge. These men were "Shadowed" nearly every night, and cotihl have been cap lured ou several different occasions while stealing graiu from different fields, but the value of the stolen stuff would only make the crime petit lar ceny, and only punishable by a small line and light jail sentence. The officers were confident that these were the men who had been committing the various thefts reported and wanted to "ciuch" them a little harder. Their patience was rewarded last evening by the capture of both men while in the act of burglarizing a chicken-coop. Sheriff Eikenbary was down in town at about nine o'clock last night and was just starting for home when he received a "tip" from a man who bad been watching the suspects. The man told the sheriff that the thieves were going to innke a raid on John Har rington chicken coop that evening, aud were then getting ready to start. Harrington lives on the Samson place, near Crystal Springs church, which is stb.nit two miles and a half southeast of this city. Mr. Eikenbary hurried up to Mr. Hyers' place and the two officials hitched up a horse and buggy and started for the scene. They had barely arrived and hidden their rig, wi.en Stribling aud Ramge appeared, driving a team hitched to a light vagon. The fellows left the team standing in the road and proceeded at once to Harrington's chicken-coop. The officers were hiding a few feet away in some brush. The men had broken open the door of the coop and Stribling was inside locating" the fowls, while his confederate was watching on" the outside, when Eikenbarv unintentionally made a slight noise by stepping on the dry brush. Ramge heard it, and crying to Stribling that "someone's coming" he made a dash to escape, closely followed by Stribling. The officers were after them in an instant, and a lively chase endued in the dark. The thieves took to the road and ran toward town, and the officeis commenced firing their re vol vers to frighten the fellows. This scared the team in the road and away they went down the hill. After about a mile's chase Stribling was caught, but Harare had dissapeared in the woods. The team and wagon were found near Lutz's place where they had overturned down an embankment Stribling was brought to town and placed in jail. Judge Archer was then aroused and a search warrant for the premises ot Stribling and llamge was procured. The officers, accom panied by Jack Denson then proceeded to Stribling's house in Billingstown, which was found to be in darkness After considerable pounding. Mrs. Stribling opened the door and admit trd the officials. Itamge was found standing in the room, and he was im mediately arrested and placed in jail The men were arraigned before Jus tice Archer this morning, Stribling be ing charged with burglary and Ramge with aiding and abetting a burglary. The hearing was postponed until to morrow morning at 9 o'clock. Then bonds were fixed at $500 each, which they were unable to furnish, and the prisoners were taken back to jail. Matthew Gering will appear for Stribling, while Geo. Spurlock will de fend llamge. Quite an amusing incident occurred last Sunday night in connection with the affair. The three officials had re ceived a hint that the men were going to visit the farm of a man named Spangler that nieht and steal some chickens. The officers were out there in good time and put up their horses, leaving their l.uggies standing in the yard, and laid in wait for the rustlers. It was not long before they appeared, and were, not over six feet from where the officers were in hiding. From their conversation it was learned that they intended to go to Nelson Jean's place the following night. The fel lows loaded some sheaf wheat and oats into their wagon and were preparing to go, when they noticed Mr. Eiken bary 's buggy. Going over to the buggy thev removed the sheriff's overcoat, lap-robe and whip, and then coolly proceeded to dig up about half a bushel of potatoes. After loading the things into their wagon they drove off. The officers all witnessed this bold theft, and recognized both men, but concluded to wait until they gathered enough evidence to send them "over the road" before making the arrests. The overcoat and whip were found in an attic at Stnbling's house last night, while the robe was found at Ramge's house, just across the street from Stribling's. Out ou Hall. Sam Stribling, one of the men ar rested on a charge of burglary, was re- leased Saturday night from jail upon furnishing the required bond of $500 The bond was signed by J. A. Sumner of Louisville, and K. K. Price and J. W. Stribling, a brother of Sam. The latter two gentlemen reside in Iowa. Mrs. Shafer at Lincoln. Last Thursday 's Lincoln department of the Omaha Bee contains the follow ing bit of interesting information: "A remarkably comely woman of ap parently 22 years of age is Mrs. Ida MayShafer, and she is now in eustody at the police station awaiting the ar rival of a sheriff from Pacific Junc tion, la , the charge against her being adultery. One week ago today a con stable from Glenwood, la., was here on the same errand, but failed in his mission and went home. This morn ing Officer Sipe discovered her in a boarding bouse and escorted her to the station, from whence the two Iowa of ficials were wired. It is evident that she is arrested at the instance of her husband. She says, however, that she left her husband three months ago at Glenwood. and at that time he was in jail for selling liquor without a license. His name, she sajs. is John Shafer. She denied that she had come away with any man. but somewhat confi dently remarked that a 'friend' had come on to Lincoln ahead of her, and when she had arrived she secured a room at his boarding house. She ex pressed confidence that her husband could not prove adultry, because, as J she explained, each of them bad a sep-1 arate room. The name of the friend she declined to give. Two months ago, she said, she came to Lincoln and begun suit for divorce. This is true, as shown by the records of the district court. The papers on file show that she was married to John F. Shafer at Hastings, Neb., November 29, 1S93. At the end of a month he drove her from home, as related in the affidavit, and compelled her to seek the protec tion of the sheriff. Since then he has continued his abuse at intervals. She asks, also, to be restored to bermaiden name of Ida May Wilkins. John r . Shater is the son or a wealthy property wwner at Platts mouth. A young man from that city has been seen escorting Mrs. Shafer around the city during the past two or three days, but it is understood he is not the 'friend' referred to. She says her parents live at Shelton, Neb., and that she had come from that town about ten days ago to look after her divorce suit. She is very self-possessed and cot at all alarmed over the proable outcome of her arrest." Mr. Shafer, the husband of the woman referred to. came over from the Junction last Thursday, and has been in consultation with County at - torney Polk. It is understood that he is going to make it"warm"for several "bloods" in this city, who have been "associating" more or less with Mrs. Shafer. Returned to Lincoln. Last Monday 'sLiucoln Journal says "Mrs. Ida May Shafer, who was ar rested here and taken back to Pacific Junction, la., to answer to the charge of adultery has returned to Lincoln. She found that there was no case against her there when she arrived, her husband having filed complaint without having sufficient evidence to sustain it. She was released immedi ately, he paying the costs." The jolly party that has been visit ing at the Greenslate and Clapp res idence3 returned to Plattsmouth Mon day, accompanied by Fern and Dtan Greenslate. Elmwood Echo. WERE BOUND OVER Sam Stribling And Julius Ramge Held For Burglary. A PLEASANT SOCIAL GATHERING. A Delightful Keceptiou Tendered Mr. ana Mr. T. II. Pollock at the Patterson Mansion Unusually Large Hail Stones. - Held For Uurglary. The preliminary examiuationof Sam Stribling and Julius llamge has.occu- pled the attention of Justice Archer on Tuesday. This case has excited much interest and the court room has been filled to suffocation during the hearing. The defense, which was rep resented by Matthew Gering and Geo. M. Spurlock, presented a strong case. but after considering the evidence Judge Archer decided to hold both men to the district court for burglary. Their bonds were fixed at $300 each. and it is probable that Stribling's bond will be furnished by the gentlemen who signed his previous bond. It is not known whether llamge will be able to furnish a sufficient bond or not. A Pleasant Social Event. The residence of Mr. nnd Airs. J. M. Patterson was the scene of a very pleasant social affair Monday evening, the occasion being a reception to Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Pollock. Some thirty couples were present and a most en joyable evening was passed. Progres sive high-five and dancing, inter spersed by choice vocal and instru mental music by Misses Edith Patter- son, L.OU unite anu jvntonio ivess Ier afforded entertainment for the guests. Henry Ilerold of this city and Mrs. Al. Gass of Pacific Junction were entitled to the honors at cards. Holmes a Modern ISluebeard The police of Chicago have been busy for weeks working upon revela tions connecting one II. II. Holmes with numerous mysterious disappear ances, until they have evolved to their satisfaction the fact that Holmes has been a sort of modern Bluebeard in ability to use and murder people when he got through with them. Several young women were disposed of in this way, and at last one Benjamin Pietzel was murdered for his life insurance. and his two children were made way with in Canada. The finding of the children's bodies led to Holmes' ar- rest. A vault beneath in? house in Chicago wherein he was accustomed to place the bodies of his victims Old Settlers1 Ktuoion. The seventh annual reunion of the old settlers of Cass and adjoining counties on Thursday and Friday August loth and loth. The program is a varied one and includes many in teresting features. The Modern Wood men parade on Friday and Platts mouth citizens will render a two hours' special program. There will also be good band music, base ball, bicycle races, etc. Among the orators are Church Howe, Rev. Harmon, A. 11. Talbot and Jesse L. Root. Every effort is being made to make this re union the grandest success ot any previous ones. Everybody cordially invited. Dig Hail htoues. The biggest hail stones, perhaps, that have ever fallen in this section fell Sunday morning during the storm. They were of various shapes and sizes and some of them were larger than man's fist, while others were long, the shape of a banana. Many persons saw them and several were bruised by being out at that time closing cellar doors and window shutters. Ed. 1 Fischer was among the number and had a very lame back from being hit by one while stooping over. They did not fall very thick and, as no wind pre vailed at the time, did not do much damage. Everyone who saw them say they never saw them as large before in their lives. Nebraska City News. New Counterfeit Silver Dollar. The proprietor of the Press stepped into a business house yesterday even ing to get some change and was handed five silver dollars. Ten minutes after, in making a purchase, one of the dol lars was shoved back as being coun terfeit. The imitation was nearly per fect, and the money was heavily plated and was dated 188G, with the small letter "o" indicating the New Orleans mint. The only means of telling its non-genuineness was in the lack of the metallic ring. Nebraska City Press. AMONG THE FARMERS. t A Trip Through Cass County During the Harvesting Season. If any of our townspeople would like to get an idea of what Paradise was to our first parents, they ought to make a trip out through Cass county in harvest time. To the south and west from town spreads out in a dish- . lilro r1tnrfMsinn t ti FViiir-M il vallev. " . .... tne ianu lying in genue uuuuiaiious. sloping,toward that, stream, and this year nearly every acre in sight has been in cultivation. The expanse, embracing a view of many miles, is almost one continuous field of grow ing, waving corn, interspersed here and there with smaller fields of wheat, oats or rye. It is a grand and in spiring sight-, and the view thus ob tained is but a glimpse of what may be seen from every eminence in Cass county. At present the small grain is nearly all in shock or stack, and has I been harvested in splendid condition. I bit the corn crop is the feature of the I scene, and in no country we have ever I seen has there been a better, or, in I act, so grand a piospect for a great I yield of Nebraska's staple as is now I presented iu Cass county. The season I nas been propitious ior tne iarmer and the fields generally have been well cultivated and are free from weeds, and, as seen from the highways, the stalks stand up from ten to twelve feet u height. There is very little pasture or meadow land this season, the pastures laving been mostly plowed up in the spring, and many farmers have sown ane for roughness, and, having taken one crop off already, will secure an- other before fall. j Most of the corn has reached the I tassling and silking age. while many J fields are even byond that, and I up to last Sunday rain was J badiv neTd. Although many did I not sneiik of it. there was a ook of anxiety and worry on every face that bespoke a fear of drouth and hot winds. This was all dispelled however, by the showers of Sunday and Monday last, and there i not a farmer in the county but is now as sured of a great crop of corn such a crop, iudeed, as barring extraordi nary mishaps was never raised iu the county before. On the way toward Rock Bluff by way of the 'telegraph" road to Rock Creek and thence east, I came to the home of Mike Morrisey, who owns the old John Holmes farm, with its fine brick and stone mansion on the hill, overlooking a beautiful expanse of farm and wooded land. Mike is get ting all out of the land that it will bear, and has nearly 200 acres of splendid corn, with fruit in his orchard to give away. Going further down the valley past the pleasant, home-like farms ot Archie Holmes and Wra. Royal, aud turning southward past the more pre tentious residence of Jos. Sans and the modest little home of Alex Graves, who is wisely planting fruit trees on every acre of his holdings, the reporter came to a strange place further up the valley, and was surprised to meet Ed ward Hall, the son of S. E Hall, the hardware dealer, who informed liim that it was his father's farm. A well-loaded orchard adorns the place, aud new buildings give it an air of thrift. Further south I had a pleasant chat with that old friend of the agricultu ral society, Levi Churchill, who dwells in a new house, south aud west of his old farm, and is enjoying a well-earned retirement from hard labor. He talks fruit very intelligently, and has some hue specimens of unnamed summer apples that fell to him when he bought the place. It is strange, one thinks, in travel ing about through the country, how many farmers he finds away from home. Perhaps it may have been owing to their having just completed their grain harvest they were taking a day off with their families and had gone visiting, but there was James Chalfaut and G. V. Shrader, both owners of well developed farms, were not at home when 1 called. Better fortune attended a call upon J. K. P. Carper, however, who was much en couraged by the crop outlook, and is building up a pleasant home in a grove o' oaks ana elms, r.ast trom this a couple of miles is the locality known as Kenosha, one of Nebraska's early boom towns, long since gone the way Rock Bluffs is going. The corn on the bottoms thereabouts, however, is marvellous in its grandeur, the stalks standing up like small sapplings, and the ears already standing out like those of a donkey and still a growing. The old home of J. G. Oldham, so well known in the county, was in this vicinity, but it has fallen into strange keeping since the family has been sep- arated by death's ruthiess hand. On farther west is the old stvled mansion of the widow of "Doc" Wiley WUo is enjoying as well as her ample means will permit leaving life's cares to younger hands. On the north Of the load and West I i3 the old farm and home of Uncle Johnny Allison, as he was familiarly known. Here his son Lee lives and enjoys life, seeking to illustrate; the power, endurance and speed of that noble animal the horse, his wife (nee Mrs. Drost) presiding over , a well- ordered household nnd two comely daughters assisting to make home at tractive and pleasant to all comers. Not all the enterprise in the county exists among the citizens ot her towns. There is George S. Upton, residing midway between and north of union and Nehawka, who is not only a thrifty, well-ordered f aimer, but, hav- I in? discovered a ledge of stone on his I farm, has had the foresight and enter- prise to bring its good qualities to the fQ.,t; nr ti.u tmhiin ni m iivflnn the quarry to the end that the stone may be put into use. The stone is of gray color, is neither a granite nor a limestone, but is of a congiomeiate character. bearing an excellent polish, like marble and, having been tested by marble workers, is pronounced first- class for building and basic monu mental work. Conversing with W. A. Hoback of Lincoln, a practical marhle I . ...... I workman in this line, ne gineunue writer the opinion that it was the be3t stone for his work that he had seen quarried in Nebraska. I Among the men I met was the ven- J erable Nelson McRenolds, residing I near old Mt. Pleasant, who is now I nearing his SHih birthday, but is yet 1 quite hale and hearty for one so old. He was born in Tennessee, and came to Nebraska over twenty years ago. His life doubtless has had many inci dents well worth preserving. Mt. Pleasant precinct has some citi zens whose success as farmers lllus - trate the opportunities presented by earlier settlement iu this county. Some twenty odd years ago Z. V. Shrader and the Young brothers George (the present county commis sioner.) Lewis II. and Robert, came to this county and bought land all "in a string," it might be said, running north and south, in sections 24 and 23, in town 11 and range 12. They were all poor-almost penniless, and bought wholly on time, but have since made I well-improved farms, have good build- I ings, fine groves, orchards and other improvements and have them all paid I nr Mr. Shrader has given more atten tion to the care of his orchard than his neighbors and has a model lot of trees. which are bearing nicely. His tree- trimmer is of the best pattern that has come to my notice. L. II. Young has taken much pride in making his farm a model of cleanli ness aud order throughout and thinks he has the best located and farmed quarter section within his knowledge. With springs of ruuning water, he has every advantage a farmer desires. He has apples, peaches, pears and plums in abundance, and ought to be happy as a lord. llobt. Young is the owner of the Peach Grove herd of registered Po- land Cbiua hogs the largest and best breed of hog stock in the county. He has the strains known as U. S. M.. Tecumseh. Tom Corwin and Black U.S. and is raising some model pigs. He expects to give a sale some time in October. He also is quite a fruit and ' nee specialist; aud has the largest peach orchard in the county, and a splendid variety of apples. Two Painful Accidents. Jnlm li.tPl who was mitt ng Some barb wire fencing around the property of Robert Walker, north of the pump house, last Friday received a very painful wound. While stringing the wire he slipped and fell upon the roll, the sharp prongs cutting a deep gash about two inches in length in the fleshy part of his left thumb. J)r. Cummins dressed the wound. Herman Streetweiser, who lives near the B. & M. bridge, while endeavoring to hold a fractious horse last Friday, was thrown to the ground and sus- I tained a severe gash across his left I wrist. A small artery was severed, I and the wound bled freely. He came j up to town at once and Dr. Hall I dressed the wound. Six stitches were J required to saw up the gash. MORE BURGLARS. The Home of Peter Hanrahan Robbed Thursday Night. M. P. OFFICIALS WERE IN TOWN They Will Probably Decide to Put In a Tura Table Tlere One of the Silly Lavs Passed by the Last Legislature Note. Peter Hanralinn's House Itobbed. Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. P. Hanrahan, who reside on Wintersteen hill, left home at about seven o'clock for a little walk. Returning shortly afterward, they discovered that some one had entered the house during their absence and stolen about $10 in m0ney, a revolver and a white shirt belonging to Mr. Hanrahan. The theft was reported to the police and the B. & M. yards were searched from the bridge to the waterworks. Several tramps were found and searched, but none of. the missing articles were dis- covered. Mrs. Hanrahan eays that she noticed a suspicious-looking man pass her door shortly before they left the house. He hesitated at the door and the lady thought he was coming in, but he passed ou. Nothing more was thought of the occurrence until the robbery was discovered. The man is described as being tall and wearing a blue coat and. large white slouch hat. Officer Fitzpatrick says he saw a man answering that description Thursday . t on bul it i3 believed that he rode out of tovrn on a freight train be- fore the matter was reported to the po- nCe. The city seems to be infested with a gang of thieving tramps of late, as several people have complained of missing various articles. May Put in a Turn Table. Superintendent Rathburn and a party of officials of the Missouri Pacific railway, including the chief engineer, arrived in the city last Fri day in a special car from the south. The party remained in the city until Saturday morning.when they departed for Omaha on the early train. The object of the visit was to ascer tain the advisability of putting in a turn table at this point. It is under stood that the officials have decided to do this, and that the turn table will be located a short distance north of the depot. If the work is done a morning train will in all probability be put on from thi3 cit? to maha, which will undoubtedly prove a paying invest- ment for the company. A Silly Law. "Now that the county clerk and his deputy have gotten to work making out the tax list for the coming year, the absurdity and the bother made by the late legislature is fully apparent. The law enables a man who lives within a mile of a school in another district to send his children to that school and compels him to have his propertylisted in that district for school purposes. However, if the district in which he resides is bonded his prop erty must be listed in its district for the bond levy and in the other district for the school expense levy. In several cases where people residing near the county line they have applied to have their prope'rty listed in the adjoining county where their children go to school. In this matter the clerk has to find out the levy in that school dis- I trict and charge it up to the property J and the treasurer has to open a sep- arate account lor the district it it be in Cass, Lancaster, Johnson or Nemaha and pay the same over when collected. This makes a whole lot of trouble and many errors are liable to arise out of it. It is about one of the most absurd of the many silly laws that our last fall legislature passed." Nebraska City News. 1 ri T " : i v. r-r. county nco. xjauu rmuvn- C0Py of the above, and he says it is equally applicable to this county. As pet but one case or that kind nas come tu U13 uuue. UUl ho caus muic. Man Killed at La piatte. Thursday Daily. Yesterday as Messrs. McKinsey and O'Leary were returning from Omaha to their home at La Platte, they met with a serious accident, which re- suited in McKinsey's death and O'Leary's serious injury. A heavy team that was coming along behind them suddenly became frightened and ran away. Their buggy was run into and overturned andMcKinsey received injuries that resulted in hi3 death this morning. O'Leary was less seriously i injured.