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PTjATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 185)5.
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PEK YEAR.
IF PAID IN ADVANCE.
FLA TTSMO D TH
WEEKLY
JO TONAL
TWAS A BIGCROWD
"Plattemouth Day" Proves a Big
Drawing Card At Union.
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE THERE
Henry Sitzman Steals Some K.ilroail Ties
nud iietg into Trouble That Merry
C'o-round Trouble Othvr In
teresting Note.
Large Crowds at the Keuniou.
Tlie Old Settlors- reunion at Union,
this county, has come to be recognized
as a regular aunual occurrence and its
first day's session Thursday was a
most gratify'ng success and enjoyable
occasion. The rains of the day before
possibly kept a few people away, but
wern no hindrance to the enjoyment
of tho.se present.
Hundreds of farmers came in with
their teams ami picnicked .on the
grounds. The Union and Elmwood
bauds furnished some Gne music and
the inevitable merry-go-round and
other diversions were there to amuse
the young people.
About 2 000 people were present and
the program of exercises was a most
entertaining affair. Itev. Harmon of
Nebraska City made the principal ad
dress in lieu of Judge ('iiapiuau. who
was absent, and he made a very inter
esting address, which was loudly ap
plauded. Addresses were made by
Messrs. A. X. Sullivan, Geo. Spurlock,
1) O. Dwyer, II. D. Travis and others,
and the I'lattsmouth choir, under the
leadership of Mrs. L. K. Hasse, fur
nished some excellent music. With
visiting and neighborly chat the time
on the grounds was pleasantly whiled
away.
A came f ball between the Union
and Nebraska 'ity clubs and a horse
race furnished ample amusement for
the sports.
Arretted For Stealing: Tie.
Sheriff Eikenbary and Jailer Den
son went out to Cedar Creek Thursday
.night atul arrested Henry Sitzman on
the charge of having stolen some ties
from the B. & M. railway company.
Young Sitzman, who is about twenty
years of age, was brought to this city
on Friday morning and lodged in jail.
Mrs. Sitzman and children have been
living on a farm near Cedar Creek for
the past year, moving there from this
city, and the boy has evidently been
getting their supply of fuel by borrow
ing it from the railway company.
Henry has been arrested a number of
times for various thefts and has served
a term in the state reform school. lie
was taken before Jus ice Archer on
Friday and plead guilty to the charge
of petit larceny and was Gned Gve dol
lars and costs, ne paid part of the
bill and, upon arranging to pay the
balance, was released.
Tlie Steam Snine Squabble.
Peter Howe, one of the teamsters
who hauled part of the merry-go-round
from South Omaha to this city, con
cluded that he would haul his load,
consisting of the tent, back to the for
mer city, and hold it until his pay for
freighting the material was forthcom
ing. Middleton, the owner of the
swing, thereupon bad the man ar
rested for larceny, and Sheriff Elkeu
baiy went up to South Omaha Satur
day and brought Howe to this city to
answer to the charge. The case was
to have been tried before Justice
Archer last Monday, but was contin
ued until the 16th of September.
Henry Murphy appears for the prose
cution while E. C. Lane will defend
Howe. Both attorneys are from South
Omua.
Train Bobbers In Nebraska.
A special from Gothenburg, this
state, dated yesterday morning, says:
"Union PaciGc train Xo. S was held up
by masked men near Brady Island at 1
o'clock this morning. The train way
signalled and the engineer marched
back to the express car under cover of
revolvers in good old train robber
style.
The fireman was left in the cab and
be managed to cut loose from the train
and pulled to this city before the rob
bers realized what he was about. The
hold-up created great excitement here
and a party was quickly collected and
started for Brady Island on a hastily
made up train. Nothing has yet been
received from the scene of the at
tempted robbery."
We have just received our new fall
styles of Hats, including everything
that is new and nobby, in all the styl
ish shapes and colors. Waterman
corner Joe and Frank.
Burglar Killed at Murdoch.
A dispatch in last Sunday morning's
Bee, dated the 17th inst.says:
"This morning about 2;30 o'clock II.
V. McDonald shot and killed a burglar
at his residence in the northeast part
of town. McDonald was aroused from
his sleep by a man at the north screen
window, and asked him what he
wanted, receiving no reply. Without I
getting out of bed McDonald reached
for his revolver and Gred. Thinking
be had frightened his intruder away,
be lay down again and went to sleep.
This morning Mrs. McDonald discov
ered a man lying in the front yard.
She at once notiGed her husband and
he came down and gave himself up to
the authorities, saying he had shot a
burglar. The justice of the peace and
W. S. Hare accompanied him back to
his residence and found a man lying
on his face about thirty feet east of
the window where he was shot. The
shot had killed him instantly.
"Coroner 'lement3 of Elmwood was
notiGed and the body guarded until
his arrival at 1 o'clock. Soon after
the coruner arrived a jury was empan
eled and viewed the remains. They
were taken to an undertaking room.
On examination there it was found the
bullet ha d entered the man's right side
under the arm, cutting the tlesh of the
arm near the shoulder and passing
through the heart.
"A search of his clothing was made
and $35 in bills, some small change, a
candle, a box of matches, scissors,
newspapers, pocket knife and a gold
tipped hair watch chain were found,
but no trace from which to identify
him. The jury held an inquest this
afternoon and soon after the examina
tion of witnesses brought in a verdict
finding that the man was killed by a
gun shot wound, supposed to have
been Gred by II. V. McDonald, while
attempting to enter McDonald'shouse.
They furtherfound McDonald justiGed
in shooting.
"The remains of the dead were
viewed by hundreds of people from
the surrounding neighborhood. The
man looks to be about 40 years of age,
Gve feet six inches tall and weighs
about 150 pounds; dark hair streaked
with gray; short sandy moustache,
wore a black coat, white and black
striped pants and rubber-soled shoes.
It is supposed that he is the ringleader
of a gang of theives that has been in
festiDg the countiy for the past two
months, taking in Ashland and Green
wood. They were at several other
places in town last night and were
frightened away. Two men from Ash
land claim that the hair chain found
on the body belongs to a man in that
town."
One correspondent there and others
identiGed the body as that of a man
named White, alias Good, alias Sim
mons, who visited Omaha on July 2.
claiming to be a Hock Island engineer.
He was also identiGed as the man who
was arrested at Ashland for burglariz
ing Jones' residence last week.
That Horse Kace.
The half-mile race between N the
horses owned by James Ilaney and
Chas. Good came off, according to
agreement" Tuesday afternoon at the
fair ground. A large crowd was
present, expecting to see a good race,
but Raney's horse was an easy winner,
coming under the wire overtwenty
Gve yards ahead of the Good horse.
The race was for $100 a side, and the
money was deposited with Wm.
Neville. After the race Good in
formed Mr. Neville not to pay the
money over to Itaney, claiming some
technicality, and the matter has not
yet been settled. Mr. Neville says he
will pay the money over to the winner
when be is properly indemniGed by
the other party. Just how the mat
ter will be settled is a conjecture.
As The Jouisxal goes to press, it
is learned that the Itaney people will
commence an action in Justice
Archer's court to replevin the purse.
Creat Bicycle Meet.
Monday, September 2d Labor Day
has been fixed upon for the next
event in bicycle circles by' the Platts-
raouth Wheel Club. Arrangements
are on foot for a big afternoon of in
nocent sport, and many of the best
riders in the state will be here to con
tend for the prizes. Six or seven races
from one-third of a mile up to five
miles will be arranged for, and they
will be open to all, and all the crack
riders from Cass county will have a
chance to win fame and prizes. Ad
mission to the grounds with or with
out vehicles only 25c.
Mr. Frank Alshuler, of the firm of
"Joe and Frank," is in the east pur
chasing the' largest and finest stock of
men's and boys' clothing ever brought
to Cass county.
IT WAS NOT ADAMS
A Man Arrested at Pacific Junction,
But Is Released.
CLOSING DAY OF THE REUNION.
Auuther Lurge Crowd 1'rexent Uu Friday
A Former Kesldent of This Clty
I Arretted In Lincoln
Thieves Hound Over.
Thought They Had Adam.
Thursday's Dally.
Sheriff Eikenbary last evening re
ceived a telegram from PaciGc Junct
ion announcing that a man had been
arrested there who was supposed tu be
Will Adams, the fellow whoattempted
a criminal assault upon Mrs. Beckner
at Xehawka the other night. The
sheriff and Constable Strong of Xe
hawka went over to the Junction last
night, but fouud that the man arrested
was not Adams. The oflicers engaged
a livery rig, while over there, and put
in the night searching for Adams, as
he had been seen in that vicinity, but
were unable to Cud their man. While
driving down near Keg Creek in the
dense darkness, the buggy and team
fell over an embankment some eight or
nine feet high, throwing all in a heap.
The occupants of the buggy were un
injured, with the exception of a shak
ing up, and, strange to say. no damage
whatever resulted to the vehicle.
Sheriff Eikenbary returned home this
morning.
'the I'nlou Keuiiion.
The Old Settlers' reunion at Union
is a thing of the past for another year.
On general principles it must be voted
a success. On the grounds beneath
the umbrageous branches of the elms,
cotton woods and box-elders of the
Gruber grove w as assembled a multi
tude of Cass and Otoe county's best
and oldest citizens, intent upon re
newing acquaintanceship and recount
ing the history of the earlier years.
Friday's crowd was much larger
than that of the dav before and there
svas much more picknieking in the
grove at dinner time. On Thursday
The Journal's representative en
joyed the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Upton at dinner while on Friday,
along with W. II. Dearing, the fenia!
clerk of the court, he sat at meat (and
cake) with Mr. and Mrs. Zach.Shrader
of Mt. Pleasant. -
The program at the stand attracted
the usual large crowd, and all day
long the seats were comfortably filled
with attentive listeners. The after
noon's program was mostly taken up
by the Modern Woodmen who, to the
number of loO.paraded in the morning.
J. L. Boot addressed the assembly in
the morning and in the afternoon A.
K. Talbot of Lincoln talked very enter
tainly for about two hours on "Wood
manism." Later on a bicycle race came off on
the half-mile race track. It was
mile race, best two in three, open to
all, for a purse of $15, $10 to go to the
winner and $5 to the second. A large
crowd witnessed the race. There were
four entries, to-wit: Carraher, Mur
ray, Davis and Stinger. The racers
finished in the order named in two
straight heats, Carraher and Murray
winning. Time, 2:50.
The citizens of Union are entitled to
credit for what they did to make the
affair a pleasant success.
Sold Iteer Without a Licence.
A special in last Saturday's Omaha
Bee says: "Yesterday morning Fred
Nagle was notiGed to appear before
United States Commissioner Billings
ley to answer to the charge of - selling
beer without a license. He was bound
over in the sum of $400 and permitted
to go out and bunt for bail."
Xagel is well known in this city,
having resided here some ten years
ago. He was of a sporty nature, be
longed to the I'lattsmouth Gun club
and was quite well fixed financially.
Horse Thieves Bound Over.
The two Abel brothers, Albert and
Frank, who were recently arrested at
Lincoln and Seward upon a charge of
stealing two horses out near Elmwood
were taken before Justice Archer last
Saturday for a hearing. The prisoners
each plead not guilty and were bound
over to the next term of district court,
which convenes September 30, under
bonds of $500 each. Being unable to
furnish the same they were taken back
to the jail here. Messrs. A. N.
Sullivan and B. Cecil Jack will defend
the prisoners.
For the best grades of hard coal, call
on Henry Hempel, $7.95 per ton.
Sorghum Crop of '95.
Last winter, after the crop failure of
last year in Xebraska, the Oyler Imple
ment Co., of St. Louis advertised the
fact that upon application they would
furnish a supply of sorghum seed to
every farmer who applied to them,fre
of cost. Seeing the offer Fred Patter
son, the postmaster of Bock Bluffs,
collected the names of 10 farmers in
that vicinity and sent in to the firm as
applicants under their offer. In due
time G5 pounds of the seed came to his
address, in bulk, and he distributed
the seed to the parties as well as he
could remember the names. Monday
evening he brought to our office a jar
of sorghum syrup, the first that has
been turned out from this years' crop
from the Oyler seed. It was made by
It. F. Miles, and is a fine article. The
crop has been a magnificent one, and
will no doubt well repay the effort
made in its cultivation.
Ai Fnjnyable Kecepilon.
Mrs. J.D. Ferguson entertained a
number of her lady friends on Tuesday
afternoon at her elegant home three
miles south of town . The ladies went
from town in carriages, arriving about
3 o'clock. After spending gome hours
pleasantly on the lawn an elegant sup
per was served in the large dining
room. The table was tastefully decor
ated with tlowers cut from Mrs Fergu
son's own flower beds. The invited
guests were Mesdames Hobbs, J. A.
Hasemeier, Speaker, Cole. Agnew,
Brown, Lord, Ruby, Jackman, Har
rison, Ellis, Shryock, McLaren, Cleg
horn, and Misses E. Hall.Xewell and
Glover. The ladies will long remem
ber this most enjoyable event. Louis
ville Courier.
Plenty or Fun Few Fish.
A party of ladies and gentlemen
chartered a large carryall Tuesday
and drove up to Chris. Metzger's fish
pond, near Cedar Creek, where the day
was pleasantly spent at that delight
ful pleasure resort. The party re
turned at about twelve o'clock at
night, and report lots of fun, and some
fish one fish. Those who enjoyed the
outing were Misses Amelia and Tillie
Vallery, Mia and Barbara Gering,
Mary McClelland, Rose Hyers, Dora
Fricke and Margaret Shepherd, and
Messrs. Henry Gering, A. E. Barrett,
Geo. Spurlock, Will Streight, Dave
McEntee and Prof. McClelland. Tom
Parmele came down from Louisville
and joined the party.
Jumped Their Hill.
The other day a couple of men
drifted into town and soon opened up
a bowling alley and shooting gallery
in the vacant room formerly accupied
by Chris Petersen. They purchased
the lumber to make the bowling alley
of John Waterman, agreeing to pay
for the same in a day or so, when they
had taken in some cash. The fellows
didn't believe in printers' ink, evi
dently, and, of course, the nickels
did not come in very rapidly. Some
time last night they packed ud their
traps and decamped for parts unknown
leaving behind several unpaid bills. .
For Two Hundred a Side.
Lee Allison has arranged with a man
from Iowa for a two-mile race at
Union on Saturday, August 31, be
tween his famous running team and
the Iowa gentleman's team. The race
is for two hundred dollars a side, and
will no doubt be an exciting one. A
number of i'lattsmouth people will
probably attend.
Itev. Hampton, a colored minister
living in Omaha, has fallen from
grace. Lately the reverend gentleman
has been paying more attention to one
of the lady members of his flock than
to his pulpit duties, and when the
irate husband put in. an unexpected
appearance and caught the artful
preacher occupying a seat on the hus
band's softest sofa, with the untruth
ful wife in his arms, he proceeded to
knock a few of the preacher's teeth
down his throat and he is said to have
succeeded admirably. The husband
says that he doesn't want a divorce.
He has left, his wife, has disfigured the
preacher for life, and his cup of happi
ness i3 full enough to satisfy his every
desire.
The mysterious Seljan murder case
has made its appearance in the dis
trict court. The transcript of the
proceedings had in the preliminary ex
amination of Anton Bucovic, John
Droubinic and Mike Makan before
Police Judge Beika has been placed on
the court files preliminary to filing the
information charging these men with
murder.
As Joe was the originator of low
prices, so will Joe and Frank, the peo
ple's clothers, continue to be.
NF.IJIl ASKA IIAPPISNINGS.
A son of Mr. Wells, living north of
Ashland, was severely cut with a
scythe by another boy yesterday while
playing.
Wiliano Benson's boy, living in the j
valley near Osceola, had a portion of
his finger taken off in a threshing ma
chine last week.
The Bank of Commerce at Broken :
Bow will reopen this week. The affaire
of the bank, have been satisfactorily
adjusted to satisfy the creditors.
The board of county supervisors of
Butler county meets August 27 for the
purpose of taking up the matter of re
districting the county into supervisor
districts.
The cylinder of a thresher exploded
yesterday near Fairmont. The ma
chine is a new one and is a total wreck
the cylinder flying into hundreds of
pieces and tearing the separator so it
is useless. Xo one was hurt.
Fremont leader: About a year ago
a tramp was found dead on top of a
box car at Valley, but the Douglas
county coroner claimed it was under
the jurisdiction of the coroner of
Dodge county so Dr. Martin held the
inquest. His bill was $25 and not al
lowed by the supervisors and he
brought suit. Judge Marshall Satur
day decided the case in the doctor's
favor.
C. C. Gilliland of South Auburn had
the misfortune to break his leg last
week. On Tuesday he was coming to
the city upon a load of grain. He was
riding upon the wagon with his feet
hanging down upon the side when one
of the wheels of the wagon went into
a deep rut in the road, throwing him
out upon the ground with bis feet
across the track. One of the hind
wheels passed over his legs, breaking
the bone in one and badly bruising the
other.
A German farmer near Alexandria
last week cut his sugar cane and a few
days later turned fifteen head of milch
cows on the stubble to graze. In less
than twenty minutes he noticed some
thing wrong with them and started to
drive them off. Two of them fell be
fore he could get them off the stubble.
Eleven more were dead in less than
half an hour. "They did not bloat any
but commenced trembling and got
perfectly stHT and rigid and died
quickly.
To Patrous of Publie Schools.
Most of the schools of Cass county
begin Monday, Sept. 2d. The first day
is an all-important one to all con
cerned, hence the necessity of readi
ness on the part of patrons, pupils and
teachers. The following suggestions
are intended to bring to your attention
now a few important matters relative
to your school, which otherwise might
not come to your notice until school
begins:
Will all the pupils have the neces
sary books with which to begin work?
Will the teacher know anything
about the work of her particular school
before meeting her pupils the first
morning.
Will the school yard be covered with
tall grass and weeds?
Are there blinds or curtains on the
sunny side of the building? Are there
any window-panes out?
Is there a sufficient number of good,
comfortable seats?
How about blackboards?
Have arrangements been made to
have the rooms thoroughly scrubbed
before school begins?
Is your school supplied with wash
basin and towels?
Are you ready to give the school
board and teacher any assistance pos
sible in making the school this year
the best you have ever had?
Are you going to make a special
effort to see that your children are at
school every day and on time?
Trusting that you may profit by
these suggestions, I am,
Yours,
Geo. L. Fahley,
County Superintendent.
Phillips, Beatrice's defaulting city
clerk, has gone to jail because of his
inability to furnish a $5,000 bond.
Phillips will doubtless get the full
penalty of the law. His great mis
take was in not "copping" several
hundred thousand dollars. He would
then have an excellent chance to go
free.
The B. & M. will make a special rate
to Lincoln and return next Sunday of
$1.00 for the round trip. The train
will leave this city at 9:30 a. m., and
returning, will leave Lincoln at 7:00
p.m. This is a rare opportunity for
I'lattsmouth people to visit the state
capitol, and take in Darlington beach.
"POP" NOMINEES.
Monday's Independent Convention
At Weeping Water.
HENEY HEMPEL WILL NOT RUN.
Denies the Keport of Ilia Nomination and
Insists That He Is Not a Candlcate
For Office Various Other
News Items.
Independent Nominees.
The independent county convention
for Cass county was held at Weeping
Water Monday. About eighty dele
gates were present, and everything is
reported to be harmonious. A. M.
Russell of Weeping Water w as elected
a3 chairman and B. F. Allen of Wa
bash secretary of the convention.
After the usual preliminaries, the fol
lowing ticket was nominated:
Treasurer Lyman James, Green
wood. Sheriff David McCaig, Wabash.
County Judge II. J. Vass, I'latts
mouth. County clerk J. W. Campbell, Salt
Creek precinct.
Countysuperintendent M. O.Weed,
Alvo.
Coroner II. C. Madding, Murdock.
Commissioner 3d district George
Curyea, Greenwood.
M. S. Briggs was elected chairman
of the county central committee and
R. J. Vass, secretary.
Press dispatches from Weeping
Water had stated that the conven
tion had nominated Henry Hempel of
this city as the candidate for county
commissioner in this district, but Mr.
Hempel called on The Jouknal on
Tuesday and stated that the report
was a mistake. Monday's conven
tion simply recommended his nomina
tion subject to the wishes of the dele
gates from this commissioner's dis
trict. It was a recommendation, not
a nomination and further still Mr.
Hempel says that he is not a candidate
for office and would not accept the
nomination even if it should be ten
dered him.
A Tramp and His Can.
Complaint was made to the police
Tuesday morning that a bad bum had
pulled a revolver on a party of fellow
travellers up in the Missouri PaciGc
yards and scored a "hold-up" on the
entire gang. The only article pos
sessed by the outfit which the fellow
coveted was a hat, but he wore it off
with as much satisfaction as though
he had cracked a fat Wells Fargo safe.
The officers made a Gne-comb search of
the entire neighborhood for his bum
ship, but the game had flown for a
more wealthy clime.
A Pleasant Wedding-.
Father Carney officiated on Monday
evening at the marriage of Mr. John
Hobscheid and Mrs. Anna Streigel.
The ceremony occurred at the resi
dence of the bride in South Park, and
was attended by some sixty friends of
the contracting parties. Mr. Hob
scheid is employed at the B. & M.
shops, and has many friends who wish
him success. The bride is the widow
of the late John Streigel, and is a
highly respected lady. A. very pleas
ant time is reported by those present.
The Journal congratulates the
happy couple.
OS' For Seward.
A party of young people departed
on B. & M. Xo. 5 Tuesday morning for
Seward, where they will attend the
convention of the Y. P. C. U. Those
who went from this city and precinct
were Mrs. Will Adams, Misses Ollie
and Blanche Horning, Lizzie and Ella
Spangler, Maggie Mapes, Rev.Buswell
and daughter, and Messrs. Wiburllall
and Chris. Spangler.
Elmwood Wants Waterworks.
Xext Monday the village of Elm
wood will vote on a proposition to
bond the town in the sum of $3,000 to
be called water bonds, the money de
rived from the sale of said bonds to be
used to provide a system of water
works in the village of Elmwood for
fire protection and public use.
The drunken man who created some
excitement out near the M. P. depot
yesterday by flashing a loaded re
volver, and holding up one man for
his hat, was arrested and placed in
jail last evening. This morning he
was fined $3 and costs for drunkenness
and disorderly conduct, and will board
it out with Jailor Denson. The charge
of carrying concealed weapons may be
entered against him when he is released.
