nOIRS NOT A CANDIDATE.
Ex-Governor Horace Boies of Iowa
has written a letter to the Des Moines
Leader declining to be a candidate
for the democratic nomination for
president. lie is final and positive on
this point. He insists on construing
the platform pledges of the party for
many years as solemn promises to re
store silver to its position assigned to
it by the fundamental law of the na
tion, as money of redemption; and he
say3: "I conscientiouslv believe that
to neglect to do this, both in theory
and practice, is an open, llagrant and
continous violation of the highest law
of the land' "This issue," he says.
completely obscures every other. The
democratic party is unhappily divided
and the republican party is strongly in
favor of the single gold standard. Suc
cess in the effoit to force this standard
on the country will be the death knell
of prosperity for the struggling masses
It Is impossible that high priced and
low nriced ommndifips should exisi
together for any length of time. X
combination of men can ever be made
with its object to increase the value o
labor and Its products, as the combi
nation of the monev powers of the
great commercial centers of the world
to oppose that end. The policy of
monometalism means the issue of $-500,-
000,000 of interest-bearing bonds to
take the place of $500,000,000 of as
good money as was ever issued."'
ROASTIXn HUNTINOTON.
Collis P. Huntington, the Central
1'aciGc railway magnate, is on a crack
ing-hot gridiron of criticism and cross-
examination at Washington. Cali
fornians do not intend to give him his
own way over the funding bill. In
spite of "one of the cleverest lobbies
ever known at the capital," hh
methods of railroad construction and
operation and the opinion California
has of them are being thoroughly
ventilated before Senator Morgan":?
committee. Ventilation is evidently
what they need, and lots of it.
Ambrose Bierce proclaims the griev
ance of California. He is a hard hitter
and strikes out like Corbett. The
notion that California wants the fund
ing bill passed he repudiates as ab
solutely contradictory to the real de
sire of the state. It is "a falsehood of
the Huntington literary bureau.
Huntington he characterizes as the
sole surviving figure of a group of rob.
bers, who in thirty years, have pos
sessed themselves of $CO,000,000 by
choking out of existence all competi
tion in carrying freight on land or
water. "In some places." savs Mr.
liierce,"the merchants have been com
pelled to resort to the old-time six-
mule wagon as a means of transporta
tion.1'
That last charge ought to settle the
fate of the bill. Huntington's own ad
mission that the books of the company
were "accidentally burnt" was bad
enough. But a railway magnate who
adds to the injury of colossal public
robbery the deep-dyed insult of a
forced reversion to six-mule teams lias
no love for his country and no regard
for the sensibilities of his countrymen.
Mr. Hierce says "these truths seem
to ue wiinout interest to many sen
ators and representatives." AVe can
not believe it will be so much longer.
The mule3 will arouse them to a sense
of duty. Chicago Post.
PERSONAL, POLITICAL AND PERTINENT.
Yesterday afternoon a car of cattle
caught Cre just below Avery, three
miles this side of South Omaha, and
was totally destroyed. The car was
one of a train of export cattle from
the Kent Cattle company of Genoa.
On account of the lone: distance to
ship, the cars were thickly bedded with
bay. The car was next to the engine
and caught from sparks from the loco
motive. As quickly as possible it was
detached from the rest of the train
and run to Albright. An alarm was
sent in. The firemen were handicapped
by having to lay l,S0O feet of hose.
There were eighteen head of cattle in
the car. The Lire burned , so rapidly
that before the doors could be opened
the cattle were all down and past j
saving. 1
Judge Sullivan this morning, upon 1
being requested to furnish a news
item, informed the reporter that he
bad just received reliable information
to the effect that the Irish had cap-
turedCork. Later reports go to show
that the judge's information was re
liable. Charley Grimes, of Plattsmouth, not
old Grimes of cellar door fame, was in
the city today looking up things about
the water case, as the water company
of that place have brought suit against
the city for hydrant rental. Ne
braska City News.
The old . Constitution could, with
her best guns, at 1,000 yards pierce 22
inches of oak about the thickness of
her own hull at water line. The five
eighth inch steel covering at the At-
lanta's water line had nearly the same
resisting power as the Constitution's
22 inches of oak. 'The Atlanta's G-
inch guns will at 1,000 yards bore
through a surface having twenty times
the resisting power of her own or the
Constitution hull at water line. At
the same range her 8-inch guns pierce
fourteen inches of iron. President E.
Benjamin Andrews in Scribner's.
i
William Keed l)unroy,who has been
taking special work in English in the
state university, left last night for
Seward. He has been appointed one
of the deputy organizers for the
Knights and Ladies of Security, a new
beneficiary lodge and will organize a
council at Seward in the near future
Li Hung Chang, who is about to
visit Russia to represent the Chinese
fiaperor at the coronation of the czar,
has written John W. Poster that he
vill return to China by way of the
United States. Li Chang, or to Ameri
canize the name, Chang Li, is one of
?.he greatest statesmen of the times.
He is a man of advanced ideas, much
ibove that of most of the other high
Chinese authorities. lie maintains
the respect of nations because Qf his
broad and shrewd views. During the
'ate war he was much handicapped by
not having the hearty co-operation of
. he Chinese government in his desire
to follow the lead of Japau and intro
duce modern ideas into the adminis
tration. He has always been in favor
of railroads and telegraphs in China
and modern war methode, but the in
vincible prejudices of the Manchuria
lynasty have foiled his efforts at re
form. An item in the World-Herald in re
gard to the freight car burned at Ore
tpolis stated that "the citizens put
ut the blames.' It should have read.
the citizen put out the flames."
m:i:i:aska kus.
Scarlet fever is quite prevalent in
the neighborhood of Lebanon.
A farmers institute will be held at
Superior some time next month.
A hobo was "run in" at North
Platte who had S12G secreted about
his person.
Ex-Treasurer Aldrich of C'osper
county has been found short in his ac
counts $.",0-2.0-'. His bondsmen will
uave it to pay.
Miss Celia Gorby, late county super
intendent af Nuckolls county, has en
tered the Lincoln Normal for a course
or" studv.
Mrs. Ellen Weber di-d at Sterling.
as;ed seventy-live years. She came
with her husband to Johnson county
thirty years ago.
On account of continued ill-he.-iUl
liev. .1. u. irv.in nas leit caned upon
to resign as pastor of the Presbyterian
church at North Platte.
The Cook Courier publishes a dead
head list, giving the name and amount
owed by everv man who takes the
paper and afterward refuses to pa for
it.
York has a cooking school, ami the
doctors are elated over the prospect of
having to prescribe for those who are
called to suffer the inevitable pangs of
awful indigestion.
Dwelling on the vagaries cf theoso-
phy caused Guy C. Karnum of Colum
bus to become infane. He is now at
the home of his daughter in St. Louis
in a hopeless condition.
Try Tin; Joukxal.
Lecture Nrt Saturday Kvfiiin;.
X. K. Griges of Lincoln will lecture
at Waterman ball next Saturday eve
ning, his subject being "Music of All
Nations." An interesting musical
program has also been prepared and
ohe entertainment will be given as a
complimentary benefit to Miss Lillian
Kauble. under the auspices of the
Womanrs club. Mr. Griggs is well
known throughout the state as a ver
satile talker and the hall should be
crowded to hear him. Tickets on sale
at Lehnhoff's today.
The riattsmoutti Wheel club will be
re-organized in a short time prepara
tory to the arrangement of meets for
the coming season. There will be
considerable improvements made upon
the one-third mile track and some new
dressing rooms wtll be erected. The
big meet is to le held in September,
during the county fair. Omaha Bee
iiome-s.M' uxennion
Missouri i acinc win een uorae-seek-
er3 tickets at the ratio of one fare
i'lus - lor roumi wun siop-over
privileges to points in Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, North and South Dakota.
Arkansas, Indian Territory ,Oklahoma'
Texas and Arizona. Dates of sale,
March 10, April 7 and 21st and May 5.
For further particulars call at Missouri
1'acibc depot.
C. F. Stoutenhouougii, Agent.
During Lent there will be services
Wednesday and Friday evenings of
each Wek at the Episoonal church.
The- service ox Wednesday evenings pedigree of all the horses in the imperial
will be in the shape of a abort lecture stables. "It is incomprehensible," ob
bythe pastor, Itev. Ii. li. tfurgess. rves h?j lordship, when dwelling on
1 . ' . ,. . . r" b fc these evidences of gen ins. Simple ycratn I
Lvery one is cordially invited to at- ion Troth
tend these services. y " " -'
The of "th Ktjl.?
Foster Crawford and "The Kid" who
robbed a bank and killed the cashier ;tt
Wichita Falls, Tex., a few days ago.
were lynched at that point yeUeiday,
and the following,according to the Bee,
is the way the "kid" met his fate:
"Yells of 'Hang the Kid first' went
up; then others, 'No, hang the oldest
first.' 'The Kid" refused to say a word
and those having him in charge yanked
him onto a box. The scene was a
weird one. One had on high-heeled
boots, black pants and a deep red shirt
which" added a gruesome brilliancy to
thescene. In a moment tho rope was
about his neck and a man whom some j
say looked like one of the men whose
horses had been taken yesterday!
shinned up a telegraph pole and fixed
one end of the rope across the crossbar.
All this time the 'Kid' was jeering at
the crowd, laughing and cursing. He
never quivered. He was asked to say
what he wanted, and was told he j
would be given a hearing. j
He said: 'By G d, that's all right, j
If you are impatient swing me up now.
I ain't afraid to die not a bit of it.
Full the rope, by G d."
A voice in the audience 'You're go
ing to die now. Tell us your name.'
The Kid I don't give ad m if you
do. It's Younger Lewis and my father
and mother reside in Neosho, Mo.'
'Any message? from a voice in the
crowd.
'Well, tell my father that I was not
scared a bit; that I died like a nervy
man.'
'Anything for your mother?'
'No, not a woid. She will see the
message to the old man. Say you fel
lows, go ami look in that dugout and
you will find $1,000 there.'
Tne Kid, or Younger Lewis, as he at
the last moment said he was. continued
chatting and laughing with the crowd,
poking fun at them and cursing for a
moment and then some one yelled:
Time is up.
'I am twenty years old and robbed
that bank. I am dead game and ready
to die. Go ahead.'
In au insUnt he was pulled up above
the throng. He never quivered or
kicked. He just went up in the .air
and he is hanging there now. Men in
the frontier for years and years say no
gamer man ever died. He was the
coolest man in all the great crowd.
NOW OPEN.
A Nmv Auction and Comm ismoti Ilouxe,
Where we receive on consignment all
kinds of goods, which we dispose of at
auction or at private sale.
We are not transients, but are per
manently located and are fixtures in
this community.
ltegular auction salesevery Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday, afternoon
and night, when customers mate their
own prices.
Tin: WONDER,
IIi ki.hkkt ffoomvix. Auctioneer.
Farmers desiring brick-laying, plas
tering or stone masonry can have such
work done by applying to Wm. Mostin
of PiatUmouth, who can be nddressed
through Tin: Joukxal.
Kaiter Wilhelm tin Stage Manacer.
Some mnusing anecdotes are relied
in the press with respect to tho kaiser
and the new lierlin Opera House, Ilia
majesty may often bo seen in the morn
ing, in civil dress, wearing a white
cloak and smoking a cigarette, crossing
on foot from the palace to the Opera
House. Thero arrived, ho takes his po
sition on tho stage or follows the re
hearsals from his box. Many comical
encounters have occurred in the semi
darkness between kaiser and scene
shifters, ignorant of the visitor's iden
tity. Tho emperor, indeed, leaves the
discovery of bis presence to chance, but
this is often betrayed by an objection
from u coulisse which unexpectedly
breaks in during the progress of a ro
hearsal. This fortunate gift of observa
tion ia usually so well employed in
criticism of tho arrangements which
have been made that the general man
ager, stage manager and director of the
ballet are unable to better achieve suc
cess than by following his suggestions.
The kaiser, it is related, once forgot to
throw away his cigarette on entering
the Opera House. The inspector there
upon respectfully called attention to tho
fact, and his majesty replied, '"pio
regulations for tho preservation of or
der in this house naturally hold good
also for me. "Westminster Gazette
Ixnsdal Uaa Oatdone Scott
Sir Walter Scott rendered himself
ridiculous by once eeizingon a glass out
of which that respected monarch, George
IV, had drunk, and retaining it as an
inestimable relic. Lord Lonsdale lias
outdone him. The German emperor was
good enough to pay him a visit, and
subsequently to invite him to return the
visit. Says Lord Lonsdale of his im
perial friend : "He is doubtless one of
the greatest men that ever lived 1 I can
not imagine that pismarck is a greater
man; but, if I must make a comparison,
I would place your monarch at the side
of Moltke. " His imperial majesty is, J.
gather, the equal of Jloltke because ho
defeated one of his own generals (clever
; general !) at a sham right, and he is the
greatest man that ever lived because he
was able to tell Lord Lonsdale the
names of all the sculptors whose works
were in the imperial palace and the
Where Will You...
...Take It?
This question often arise after vow
have consulted the best (not "the
cheapest) physician yon know, and
have .received his prescription. It
should go
To the Best Druggist...
...You Know,
To one who will use only the
right kind of drugs, ami will not try
to till It If lie hasut the right kind.
It should go to the druggist who will ex
ercise the greatest care in getting
the right drug and tho right quan
tity, and will go over his work bev
cral times to Le Mire he Is right.
We conduct our prescription business
as the best druggist should, and this
Is an answer to the question. "Where
will you take it
Gering & Co., Druggists
PLATTSMOUTH , NKli.
PANTS
OVERALLS
8 8 O
THEY STAND AT THE HEAD.
LOOK BETTER, LAST LONGER,
FIT EASIER, ALWAYS RELIABLE.
HRKAIVIX'Eir' in every I'liHun.
TRY THEM.
Your money lvick if you want il.
O O
BREADWINNERS
ARZ UP TO DATE.
SOLD IN PLATTSMOUTII IJV
C. E. WESCOTT & SON,
ONLY, who confidently believe
and recommend kJJreadvvinner"
Overalls and Shirts to he the best
in the world. Examine them.
Buy them. WESCOTT warrants
them. YOU will like them.
Her Horrible Mann-
she held a daisy In her hand
And plucked Its petals oije by one;
As fair a picture was she then
As e'er was frhown on by the sun.
The rude young man who. unawares.
Approached her, nearly had a fit.
To hear her roeleaf lips enun
ciate: "He loves me loves me nit:"
Indianapolis Journal.
It would only cost you $1.(n to send
the Weekly Joukxal to a friend in
the east for a whole year.
Mierllt" Sale.
BY virtue of an order of sale Issued by (George
V. llouseworth. clerk of toe district court
within and forCas county, Nebraska. and tome
directed. 1 will on the 4th day of April. A. 1.
1!J0. at eleven o'clock. A. M . of said day, at the
pouth door of the court house, in the citv of
l'Jattsmouth, in aid countv. NELi. AT PL'U'LIC
AUCTION, to the highest bidder for cash, the
following renl estate, to wit:
All of lots twenty four u'l) and thim-two32)
in section twenty 0), township twelve (Vi)
north. In range fourteen 14 in tald county of
Cass, containing seven and W-100 acres, togeth
er with the privilege and Hppurtenaneesthere
unto belonging- or in anywise appertaining ; the
same being levied upon and taken as the prop
er y of William and Mary Kdgerton et al., de
fendants, to satli-fy a Judgment of said court,
recovered by William M . Clary, and William M.
Clary as administrator of the estate of D-uiJei
Oregg. plaintiff', againMsaid defendants.
Plattsmouth. Nebraska. Februaiv 2i. A. P.
is:x;.
10-.1
IIAKVKY IIOLI.OWAY.
sherI;T Cass county, Nebraska.
F. C. FRICKE & CO.,
Will keep constantly on hand a full and
complete stock of pure
nm at mmm.
PAINTS, OILS, Etc.
Also a full line of l rucgfut'it .SunOrlfn.
Pure liquors for medicinal purposes.
Special attenttou given to
COMPOUNDING PRESCRIPTIONS.
Messrs. F. O. FIMCKE & CO.. arc the
only parties selling our Alaska Crjhtitl
Urilliant
COMBINATION
Spectacles and (ye-Glasses
In Plattsmouth. The.e Lentes arc fr
uperiorto any other old in thin city,
possessing a n mural transparency and
f freiiKthfiiB qualities which will" pre
serving the failing eye-bight.
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most reliable in news, all large type,
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C. W. SHERMAN, .
Manager Jouiinai.. Plattsmouth.
H. Q. LIVINGSTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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Plattsmouth, Nebraska
,412
FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAY .
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Parlor Suites.
$75
55
40
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4;"i for
jLoungos and Couches.
$35 for
20 for.
15 for.
11 for
$i!5
15
11
8 50
o lot o on
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Bed Room Suites.
$100 for $75
75 for 55
50 for :i5
Ij Worth.
I $100 for
J 75 for
55 for
Opposite Court House, Plattsmouth, Neb
August Grdoer,
iyglios, llmpleinnieinifs,
.... Is pleased to call special
No. 1 Hand-Made Harness,
Made of Old-Fashioned, Oak-Tanned Leather, which lie is able to
warrant as first-class in every particular. Also has a fine line
of Covered CARRIAGES and BUGGIES. He has also added
to his stock a first-class make of BICYCLES, with all the mod
ern improvements.
Harness Repairing at Lowest Prices
o. 300 3Iaiiii--t., Plattsmoiuh. Nob.
Parmer
A ro invited to Call ami Nv
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THE POPULAR BUTCHERS.
And get prices on Cattle, Hogs, Calves. Chickens, Geese, Ducks
Turkeys and Hides. They are always ready to buy for cash.
No. 508 Main Street.
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DEALERS IN
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AND THE BEST CIGARS.
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MILWAUKEE
Pabst Beer.
Deliveries made to any part of the
city or shipped to anyplace.
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Iain Street, - Plattsmouth, Neb
111--"L" " -IIIL" . ' . '
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115 for -'0
22 for 1J
Dining: Tables.
$28 for $20.00
L'O for 14.00
r, for .... ' 3.00
4 for. . 2.50
Gold Coin Steel
Ranges and Stoves.
$85 for $C5
05 for 50
50 for 33
40 for 32
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