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i 9 u Jrar liVi FEAR NOT." ; VOL. 14. NO. 45. PIATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31. 18U5. l nn i jcit yeah. ?1UU if PAID IN ADVANCE. nn h v PLATBIO WEEKLY J 0 DEN AL in ( BROKE HIS NOSE. F. H. Steimker Meets With a Very Painful Accident. THE HIATT--BATES WEDDING. Yesterday Afternoon nt the Urlde Keoidence A Couple of Iowa Sport Itet Thrlr IIoet"--Other Loral Happenings. IlroHe II i .None, F. II. Steimker was the victim of a very painful accident liist Monday, wtiich resulted in a broken nose. While engaged in repairing a refrig erator car. the irou bar on one of the doors swung around in some manner, catching him on the nose and fractur ing hat member. Mr. Steimker will wear his head in a sliDg forsome time. matt-Hates. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. 1$ ites, on Washington avenue, was the scene of a happy wedding yesterday afternoon at half past three o'clock. Mr. Charles Iliatt and Miss Minnie Bates were the contracting praties, and the ceremony was performed by the Ilev. Youtzy, of the Christian church, in the presence of a large number of invited'guests. The bride is a young lady of ad mirable qualities and has resided in this city nearly all her life, during which time she has gained the esteem of a large circle of friends. The groom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Iliatt, and is an indus trious young man. being employed at preseut in Hendee V hardware store. --'"I'iie Journal ex ,4nds its heartiest congratulations. , Sport From Iowa. Lion Owens and another resident of the Iowa bottoms were the possessors of a couple of '-nags.'' Tuesday they were discussing the merits of their respective animals up at the Bon ner stables.and as a result a wager was made by the owners. Owens offered to bet his horse against the other fel low's that his nag could out-pull the other one. This offer was declined, but the stranger said he would bet his horse against two dollars in money that he had the best animal. A con ference was held, the money was finally put np, and the trial of strength began on a wagon loaded with bystanders and with the wheels locked. Owen's horse was given the first trial and suc ceeded in moving the wagon. The other man's horse was not quite so strong, however, and after vainly striving was compelled to give up the ghost, and Owens added another flyer to his string. Vic MeCarty Found lluilty. Tuesday morning the jury in the Vic McCarty case banded in their verdict. The charge wasaSsault with intent to kill, committed on Adam Kis. sr., and assault with intent to wound, committed on Adam Kas, jr. The verdict of the jury was "guilty of assault with intent to kill." The jury was charged Morrtfa5""evening and a large crowd was present. Not many people were in the courtroom, how ever, when the verdict was read. Vic took the news without much show of feeling, though it was easily seen that he was considerably disturbed. The penalty may be one or it may be twenty years. This will be settled on Nov. 11. to which date the court ad journed. It is hoped that the other prisoners will plead guilty, as they are charged with similar offenses, and thereby save the county a heavy ex pense. They assert that they will fight the cases to the end. Packing: lions to Start Cp. The Chicago Packing Co. lias about completed necessary repairs on the ex tensive plant here, and prospects are now favorable for the opening up of tho packing house under a full capac ity, either the middle of this week or the first of next week. This is a bit of news that will be hailed with de light by citizens and laboring men. Nebraska City News. Stole 111 llog. Elmer Eikenbary, who lives out near the poor farm, reports that some evil minded person last night relieved him of the care and responsibility of taking care of a SOO-pound hog, which he had been thinking about butchering in a short time. Save money and buy your clothing and furnishing goods, hats, capa, etc., of Joe & Frank, the reliable clothiers. JUDGE B. S. RAMSEY. What a German Editor Haa to Say About the Democratic Nominee. During the republican state conven tion held at .Lincoln on October 2, Mr. John M. Thurston was heard to ex press himself as follows: "It is one of the conditions of vital importance lo the republican party that all local or state otficeru should be republicans. It should be the duty of all true republicans to support every republican nominee in every county and precinct. No true republican ought to enter into any conspiracy whatever, which has the object of defeating a republican candidate. Mark my words and do not forget that not one of them who should this year vote against the party will ever again be acknowledged as a repub lican when the party gets into power again." That it should need an admonition or. better, a threat of this kind by the senator, throws a peculiar light on the unity and reliability of the adherents of this party and that his remrrka should be sweetened by the assurances of rewaid in case the party comes into power again is a shame, and should bring a blush of shame to the cheeks of every one who heaid him. The words of Thurston are intended for every republican of the state in every county, town or village, conse quently also for Cass and Otoecouuty. If you do not unanimously vote for the republican nominee, in this case Chap man, then ' We say to you that in that case you would not have to blush in shame, if the party whip should be laid around your shoulders ever so hard. What Thurston had the cheek to of fer to the delegates of a state conven tion, is repeated downward. There publican bailiffs are corralling their sheep by the crack of the whip. The railroad attorneys, their names may be'John M. or John C, are splen did disciplinarians of the republican party. The army of railroad workmen is drilled by them in admirable shape, and woe to the unfortunate who devi ates from the given line. Of course this is all done for the good of the re publican party and the republic. It is only natural that these rail road attorneys should wantold friends and comrades on the bench. But we cannot understand where the great advantages for the people are coming in. But taking it all in all, the exertions they are roakingforthe benefit of their party are not entirely based on clean principles. That an ambitious man puts his eminent qualities into the service of corporations and monopolies wecan understand, but what we fail to see is, how he is going to be the benefactor of the people at the same time. Right here it is where we call to our republican friends. "Look out!" The man who works in the interest of corporations and monopolies is not a man to promote the cause ot the people. We want judges for everybody, not for single individuals, and the man who is suspected of the least impartiality is not the man to be put on the bench. The judge is God, to whom every one, even the poorest, look up to with equal confidence, and no idol, before wbem you bow to the dust. Only such men belong on the bench who are fearless and independent ; who know nothing but law and justice. Such a man is B. S. Ramsey, the democratic nominee for district judge. His re-eleetion for three consecutive terms is au irrefutable proof of his qualities and independence. Why should the man who conducted a mi nor judgeship honorably and to the ut most satisfaction of everybody not be an ornament on the bench of the dis trict court. The man who is used to doing his duty in minor affairs would certainly direct his fullest attention to the serious duties of a more responsi ble position. Judge Ramsey, as dis trict judge, would certainly attend to the most trivial cases in the same spirit as he would to the more serious ones. The cases of the poor man will land in him as just an arbiter as those of the rich. He will, as district judge. be independent of external influences, either from right or left, above or be low, as he always was as county judge. We want judges who stand upon their own feet and whose opinions are founded on law, and not such as will keep one eye on the lawyer and the other on the prospects for boodle. We wish for a judge of the second judicial district, a man whose motto i3: "Equal Justice for All," and such is Judge B. S. Ramsey of Plattsmouth. Nebraska Staats Zeitung. Trans lated from the German Joe & Frank, the People's CIotL iers, return you your money in all "in stances if you are not pleased. ATTKNTION DK MOCK AT. Our democratic readers are urged to remember when they go into the voting booth on election day that they will find upon the ballot the names of two candi dates for judge of the supreme court with the word "Democrat" after each name. The first name among the candidates for the office of judge of the supreme court is that of Mr. T. J. Ma honey; the word "Democrat" will appear after his name. He does not belong to the democratic party, but is the candidate of the bolters, and is permitted to ap pear upon the ballot as a demo crat by the action of a republican supreme court. Mr. C. J. Phelps, whose name appears last among the candidates for judge of the supreme court, is the regular democratic nominee, and the only candidate having the right to be called a democrat. Those who believe in the dem ocratic party and its principles; those who are opposed to the use of the democratic party for the purpose of electing republicans to office, and those who are in favor of upholding the democratic or ganization should vote for C. J. Phelps for judge of the supreme court, and Robert Kittle and T. W. Blackburn for regents of the state university. Want $3 ,500 In Damage. Wm. Ossenkop, by Henry Ossenkop. his guardian, vs. West Dently is the title of a case filed with the district clerk last Monday by a firm of Liocoln lawyers. It is a suit for damagts al leged to have been sustained by plain tiff while working on a threshing ma chine owned by defendant. Theenginn boiler exploded, burning and scalding young Ossenkop quite severely, and for this he thinks he is entitled to damages in the sum of 82,500. Coal Goiog I'p. The coal dealers report that the price of hard coal will advarce, in all probability, a dollar a ton within the next few days. There are more orders in than the mine owners can fill or the railroads can find cars to carry, and orders sent in now have no chance of being filled before the freight rates go up the 10th of next month. A IllcU Kicker. Al Ilarkins traded one of his horses yesterday afternoon for a likely looking gray mare, but when he hitched the animal to a coal wagon it didn't do a thing but kick the front end of the wagon out. Afteranchoring the ani mal's tail down she finally concluded to go along peaceably, but Al is won dering whether or not he got the best of the trade. Lamp! Lamps! Bennett & Tutt have just received a new supply of banquet, stand and hanging lamps of the very latest pat terns and designs. They are beauti ful. Call and look at them. They have also been adding to their already large stock of china and queensware many new patterns. At the recent sale of fine stock by W. II. Ileil Sr Bro. revised figures show that they sold thirty-three head of hogs at an average of $19.04 and twenty-three head of cattle at an average of $40.18. Only six of the cat tle were thoroughbreds, the others be ing one-half and three-quarter bloods. For the first sale from their herd the Ileil Bros, are much encouraged by the result of the sale. Notice. All parties knowing themselves to be indebted to Claus Brekenfeld will save cost of collection by calling at the store and settling their accounts immediately. Fiied Eijingkr, Agent for mor'gagees. Sunday afternoon Jailor Denson's three-months'-old baby passed away, after several days of intense suffering. The little one was afflicted with bowel trouble and nothing could be done to help it. The parents have the sym pathy of many friends in their afflic- i tion. The funeral occurred Mondav ! afternoon at two o'clock. ; For farm loans, see J. M. Leyda. i Reliable abstracts also furnished. THE DISTRICT CLERKSHIP. Some of the Opinion Kxpresned by the Republican f Cs County. "Doc" Deariug has no opposition for district clerk vviibcut a snuggle. He 1 seems to have thoroughly satisfied his party and will receive a united sup port. Plattsmouth News. Dr. Deuing, clerk of the district j court, was in town Saturday. He is the democratic nominee for the office he now holds. Mr. Dearing is a very fine man and has performed the duties of his office in a business like way with satisfaction to all. Murdock Colum bian. This office f r the past sixteen years has been filled by a democrat and as the present incumbent, Mr. Dearing, is a strong man, and has made a good official, it may possibly take some good work to oust him. r Louisville Courier. Dr. Dearing, our efficient clerk of the court made this office a pleas ant call last week, while visiting friends here in the interests of his sec ond term. The ouly objection wecan find to Dock is that he is on the wrong ticket. Weeping Water Republican. W. II. Dearing, the district clerk, was in town Wednesday shaking hands with the bo)s. Doc has a hand which is always extended and his friends are numerous. His record cannot be beaten, and he will be elected with a rousing majority, as he is the man for the office. Greenwood News. Theiie is one thing the Echo can say of Dr. W. II. Dearing, the dem ocrat candidate for clerk of the district court, that we have never been able to say of any other county officers, and that is the favor shown the country press in the distribution of the county printing that comes in his hands. The other pap-suckers never consider for a moment that any office outside of Plattsmouth is entitled to recognition or patronage. They have made prom ises, but that is as far as it ever got so far as we know. It is really too bad such a good man as Dr. W. II. Hear ing is a democrat, that is his worst failing. Elmwood Echo. POLITICAL NOTE. It is understand that Countv Treas urer Eickhoff is not exerting himself every much in favor of Ilolloway for sheriff. The popularity of B. S. Ramsey for district judge is every where apparent over the county. It is only equalled by the unpopularity of Judge Chap man. What do ou think the postmaster at Greenwood. Walter Failing, is act ually taking an interest in politics. He is not perniciously partisan about it, however. James II. Green, of Elmwood, has his coat off and sleeves rolled up for the democratic ticket this year, and is making things count in that republican stronghold. Edwin Tiehe. of Center, says the farmers of his neighborhood are all so busy husking their big crop of corn to talk politics, but they will take time to turn out to vote. The democrats of Plattsmouth pre cinct made no mistake in selecting Henry Hiiz for their county commit teeman. He has the business well in hand and is not af-aid to work. The Independent Citizen has ex tended its indepenoeuce over into the republican ranks to the endorsement of John Leyda for justice of the peace a non-partisan judiciary. See? The populists seem to be for a non partizan judiciary both as to the su preme and the district court which is greatly to their credit. They are sup porting both Maxwell and Ramsey. The democracts throughout the county are proud of the splendid ticket, they have up, and are generally wide awake in its behalf. They don't want to turn the public business over to untried hands. The Independent Citizen, which has such a large circulation at the ex pense of Mr. Polk, (who pays the postage), should post itself on its own party's affairs. It is advertising G. j W. Wolf, as the populist candidate for commissioner in the third district, while the part has no candidate there Mr. Wo!f having retired from the race. In fact, he never was legally on the ticket, and preferred not to have bis name used. He is understood to j favor Mr. Towle's election. A DOUBLE-DEALING JUDGE. How Ey It Ik T Coiihli'ie ihe Law to Convict or -Acijuit. Among the many republicans who are openly opposing the reelection ot Judge Chapman is Sheriff J. C. Eiken bary, who makes 110 secret ot his op position or the reasons therefor. To a reporter for The Jol'Knal the sheriff last Monday related a story of unfair and unjust treatment at ihe hands of Judge Chapman that sounded very harsh, and he appealed to him to know if he were not justified. There weie two cases of duplicity of which the sheriff complained. In substance, he said: "In the matter of my claim of $-500 from the county for the hanging of Hill. I told the judge what it was proposed to pay me for that and he said it was an outrage; that he would not stand it, and if I would put in a bill for $500 and it was brought before him he would see that it was paid. Encouraged by that statement I made my claim to the boart'; and I was told afterwards that Judge Chapman went to the board and told the members that my bill was outrageous and ought notto be allowed, and under his in structions the board refused to allow my claim. I talked to the members aboutit and told them what the judge had said to me, and thej were aston ished beyond measuie at his deubli dealing. "Now as to the Stribliug-Ramge case: Last winter repeated complaints had come to me of numerous thefts of grain from cribs and granaries, hogs, chickens from farms and places about the country, and the complainants wanted the gang of thieves broken up. I told them I was no detective but if they insisted and would pay what was right I would see what could 'be done. They agreed tothe plan. Oq the plan of 'set a thief to catch a thief I got a friend of the gaug to assist in hunting them down. He came to me one eve ning and said that a raid was to be made on Ilerrington's hen house that night, and getting Hyers to help, we captured Stribling and Ramge in the act of breaking opeu thechicken house and put theui in jail. Then, before going any further. Judge Chapman wa3 consulted, and declared that there could be no question us to that being a building, under the statute, the breaking open of which constituted burglary. Furthermore. I consulted the county attorney and. to make mat ters certain, he sent to Nebraska City and got a copy of th instructions given by Judge Chapman to the Otoe county jury, in a very similar case, in which Charles Jones, Alonzo Moore and James Cook were charged with bur glary and seut to the pen. under his instructions, and we saw that the case here was a stronger one than that, be cause the testimony showed that in the Otoe case the 'building' was a mere coop built of barrel staves, while the Harrington building was large enough to keep a cow or horse in. Instructions No. 2 in the Otoe case read: " You are instructed that any out house built of boards and lumber, for the purpose of housing and safely $15,000 ! $15,000 I $15,000 ! - - - WORTH OF C-T- z23 r-pi T""P "T" "NTT" 11 him mn4 Vg mrimm tmwm wmmaa calm m&am x m Manufactured for the Western Trade and Bought for Spot Cash Prices by ELSON Pall Overcoats, $2.00. Boys1 Suits $2.50. Children's Suits $1.90. 31 I-IV V-S Worsted Pants, $1.00. Men's Gloves, 35c. Men's Wool Hats 35c. Our stock is the largest and best selected stock ever brought to Cass county, AT BED-ROCK PRICES. ELSOIT, Casli Olotiier, Opposite Court House. Plattsmouth, Neb. i keeping chickens or poultry, consti tutes a building within the meaning of the statute, the breaking and enter ing of which, when broken into in the night season for the purpose of steal ing and carrying away the property of one who owns or controls the same will constitute burglarly. And the person convicted of such offence will be liable under our our statute for the crime of burglary.' "That language was plain, and we did not hesitate a minute, and the men were bound over. I could not, how ever. have been more dumbfounded and astonished than I was when Stribling was instructed out of court by Judge Chapman, the substance of his instruc tions being that the building must clearly have been built and used as a stable, thus throwing a big bill of costs on the county, and in effect blam ing the officers for it. And that was not all, but in my absence the judge took occasion to abuse me personally most unmercifully and in very impo lite language for the part I had taken in the matter. The judge's abuse of the officers accounted for the roasting they got from the newspapers partic ularly the Lincoln Journal and Omaha Wosld-Ilerald by their local corres pondents. I think I have the right to hold Judge Chapman responsible for the part I took in that affair, and I would consider myself lacking in self respect if I were to permit any man even if he be a judge to run over me in that manner, without taking the pains to set myself right before tte public." County Attorney Polk was also seen by the reporter and he stated that be was assured by Sheriff Eikenbary at the inception of the Striblingcase that he h.-td consulted with Judge Chapman who told him that he should go ahead, bind those fellows over, and there would be no trouble about cinching them. Not satisfied with this he had secured a copy of the instructions in the Otoe county case and when he read them he was perfectly satisfied that there could be no failure to convict; but he was mistaken. An Earthquake. About five o'clock this morning an earthquake occurred which was felt over a large part of the west. Advices from icago, St. Louis, Stanbeiry, Mo.," Craig, Neb., and other points indicate the large area of the dis turbance. It was plainly noticed by the night operator at Oreapolis, four miles from this city, but "Dad" Games, the night operatorat thedepot did not notice anything unusual. A somewhat novel suit was filed in county court Friday, the title of it be ing Chas. Glee vs. P. J. and P. C. Han sen. The defendant's are insurance agents and insured the dwelling house of the plaintiff in the sum of $600. The house burned and the plaintiff sought toiecover the amount of his policy from the insurance company, but was unable to do so. He brings this suit on the ground that the in surance company was bankrupt when the policy was drawn and con sequently the defendants are liable for the amount of the policy. Farm loans made at lowest rates. T. II. Pollock, over First Nat'l Bank. THE CASH 3 CLOTHIER. Business Suits $5.00. I MEN'S SHIRTS 50c. Men's Shoes, $1.00. fix 1 . W .:." t