Plattsmouth weekly journal. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1881-1901, May 31, 1901, Image 5

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    STOP
IT !
Europe cau"t stop the trade coming to America
lf-an.-e American products are superior.
Neither can the trade in this community be stopped coming to
our store for clothimr so lonir as we trive them superior merchandise
that's the magnet.
ITS NOT SO MUCH WHAT WE SAY,
AS WHAT WE DO that brings the customer our
way.
have made main friends for the past three weeks. Only a limited
number of these values left. Hadn't yon better come in and investi
gate 'i
Come to us for the blue stripe Carhartt Overalls.
.Jackets and Shirts. They
kind.
WESCOTT
SUPPORTED THE COLONEL- j
;
Private of Company K the Right Leg
of Stotsenburg in Battle.
lOermain Towl in Sunday World-Herald.)
Asl ran breathless through the dark
1 almost bumped into a little man
headed in the same direction.
you. he oemanueu, a tit. ,
by the sharp, incisive tones I reootj-j
nized Colonel Stotsenburp
'Towl of Company II,' I replied
'Well, never mind your company,
but come with me," he returned, nei
ther slackening his pace for a moment.
So. side by side we rundown the rouph
declivitous slope of thehilUide toward
the deployed line of our regiment,
where the Dooming of pringn'elds
and the flaming tongues of beautifully
even volleys replied to the spiteful
erackle of the insurgent rille tire sput
tering from the sweeping arc of trees
close to the opposite bank of the nar
row San Juan river.
The outbreak of the Philippine in
surrection had caught me undressed
and ready to turn in for the night.
Consequently, after throwing on my
clothes and snatching rifle and cart-
ridge belt. I was one of the last of the j
stragglers to leave the camp ana nas
ten toward the position which I knew
to be designated for my company, and
that's how I happened to fall in with
the colonel.
As we ran toward our line we passed
through zones of enfilading lire where
the bullets swarmed about our heads
and feet like hordes of angry hornets.
But although 'we stumbled and fell at
times we were getting along well
enough until both of us toppled over a
low embankment into a mucky cari
bao wallow. I scrambled out easily
enough, but turned at a groan from
the colonel to find that in the fall he
had so severely wrenched his right leg
and ankle that he could not stand
alone. For the moment I was sure
that he was wounded, for the bullets
were spattering into the water and
throwing the mud into our faces.
I got to his sideasquickly as I could,
and with his arm alut ray shoulder
carried him out of the hole without
further mishap. But from that time
on, all night long, and half the follow
ing day, I acted an anomalous part I
was not an orderly, for whoever heard j
of an orderly going about with his .
commanding oHicer's arm about his '
neck? Although away from my com- j
pany, I was not on detached service, ,
for I was very closely attached to the ;
colonel In short I was no Ionizer Pri-
vate Towl of Company II, but the ;
right leg of John M. Stotsenburg,
colonel of the First Nebraska. l S. ;
volunteers. I
Hobbling, limpine. scrambling.stalk
Insr through cover, creeping in the
i
open, w itn the wicked Mauser bullets
- , J.r.rm'niY In 'I. a fTMtc fit L Vl
Ing fire from the rocks in a ceaseless ;
shower of leaden hail, urged on by an !
indomitable spirit that knew no wear- S
Iness. and a feverish determination to I
be everywhere at once, carrying reck
less iov and inspiration to his men
wherever he a ppeared. the frail bodied (
little colonel hurried, dragging his
right leg-with hiin. And sometimes
over holes and ditches the right leg j
would pick up the whole liody and j
spring lightly across as though it iiad ;
carried only a feather. And again, at ;
times when breath failed the colonel, '
the right leg. unconscious of its sole
duties as a pedest rial a ppendage, would '.
raise a raucous cry and hoarsely voice "
tbe whispered commands of the colo
neli occasionally in the excitement of
the moment forgetting everything and
hurling maledictions at the heads of
captains and even majors. j
The Sunday morning dawned and '
are the only "all ritrht"
& SONS.
rits anfj I'anuon UH.medthe knell for
the souls of men, many of them our
; coin rdes and best friends. But still
i the colonel was as ubiquitous andinde-
fatitrable as in the night. He paid no
j attention to the bullets which purred
and hissed about his head. Although
I at times he dodged when he could see
a volley tired point blank in our direc
tion, he did it as unconsciously and
L,ract.fUiv Jls ije would lift his hat to a
ladv ylen were sbot down aU about
him. but he was so intent on watching
the big game, that he did not see nor
notice. We stood for a moment at the
breech of one of the guns of the Utah
battery. The colonel had just sighted
the gun with his own hands at an alcove
in the big church of San Juan del
Monte, across the river, when a ragged
brass Remington tall tore the whole
top off the head of the man who was
just in the act of shoving the cart
ridge into the breech, spattering blood
and fragments of brain all over the
colonel's clothes. But I am sure he
was unconscious of the fact. He
turned and calmly gave his commands
to the gunner who sprang forward to
catch the shell as the dead man was
dragged to one side. When General
Hale, who rode up at the moment,
urpe(J tbe colonel to get under cover,
he appeared not to have heard. Yet
w ithal he was never rash in his cour
age, and never exposed himself unnec
essarily. His skill, coolness, bravery
and thoughtfulness for his men in ac
tion endeared him to the whole regi
ment, and won him the most unbound
ed admiration wherever his name was
known.
Before noon of that memorable Sun
day the colonel was able to hobble about
with a stick, and I was put tocarrying
orders back and forth along the line,
where, perhaps, 1 did as much gcod as
though I had kept my rifle red hot all
dav.
FORTY-TWO YEARS AGO.
When the Missouri Bounded Civilization
1 and Nebraska was a Territory.
! The finding of an old time invita
! tion the other day. among the inter
esting relics of II. C. McMacken, was
! responsible for the recollection of a
! number of interesting reminiscences
j by Plattsmouth's veteran iceman,
j Following is a copy of the invitation
i much as it was printed, on flowered
1 and tinted paper, now colouic l and
' stained with age of fortv-two :rs;
COTILLION PAKTY.
You are respectfully solicited
to attend a Ball to be given at
Clark's Mill (three miles west of
Pacific City) on Friday Evening
July lolh, 1859.
MANAGERS.
O. V. Wallace, Jas. II. Clark,
Elliott Knott, Henry Coulson.
FLOOR MANAGERS.
Imle E. Coulson, Florence, Iowa.
George W. Clark,
II. K. Wallace, "
Joseph Cox, "
C.Nuckolls, Pacific City, Iowa.
J. V. Ilinchman, Glen wood,
E. Bedell, London, "
P.
E. Shannon. St. Mary, '
C.
Nodurft, Plattsmouth, Nebras
ki Territory.
Dancing to commence 7J o'clock;
Refreshments at 11 o'clock. The
best music engaged; consisting of
2 violins, 1 french accordian, 1
base drum. Ample room for three
setts of cotillions.
Price of tickets to suit the timesJ
None of the youneer generation can
You're treated white. ' -7
With prices right, at
F. S. White's
Fresh Supply Staple
and Fancy
Groceries
New Stock of
DRY GOODS and
Notions.
'Tlie Old lE'lace."
OKLAHOVA !
Fine farm lauds cheap in Oklahoma.
SPECIAL RATES.
Excursions every first and third
Tuesday in each month to Oklahoma
Clj, tbe nearest point to the eoon-to-opened
6trip.
Call on me for rates.
J. H. THRASHER,
412 Main Street.
Plattsmouth. Neb.
SOLOMON
7:
Are daily receiving
New Wash Goods,
Millinery, Slippers
Shoes and Novelties
in Summer Wear
ables. Your inspection
invited.
&3
$3
Solomon & Nathan
appreciate the amount of pleasure and
enjoyment the young people of 42
years ago, the old young people of to
day, derived from the opportunities of
that time.
Clark's was a big saw mill with
rough floors of cottonwood, but the
early settlers used to gather there by
the hundreds and have high old times.
The only place in Plattsmouth,
Nebraska Territory, which offered
such an opportunity for a similar
amusement was the big square house
of Lloyd Lucas, the first residence to
te built on Wintcrsteen hill. When
this house burned to the ground a
number of years ago Mrs. VVintersteen
built the double house which still
stands just east of her residence and
which is almost an exact counterpart
of the old Lucas house.
Among the well known residents
about here who used to attend the
dances on Wintersteen hill and at
Clark's mill, were Joe Johnson, Andy
Taylor, Henry and William Eikenbary,
Sam and James Thomas, Ed and Ami
Todd, Mrs Alf White, Mrs. W.J.
Streight, Mr. and Mrs. Elam Parmele,
all of w hom w ill recall with more or
less vividness the incidents of that
time, when they read this article.
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS.
The Board of County Commissioners
will sit at a Board of Equalization on
the 11th day of June 1901 and continue
in session not less than eight days or
until the hearing of complaints
against assessments and such other
business as may legally come before it
has been finished. All persons having
complaints to make against assess
ment are notified to appear before said
Board at their office in the Court
House at Plattsmouth.
JAMES ROBERTSON,
County Clerk.
ED FITZGERALD
Is fully equipped with new stockT'j
t new buggies, etcand can furnish
the Dublic with first class service.
) Quick trips 10 an parts oi count j
STABLE SIXTH & VINE STREETS
f .JjNCy Awarded H
jj Paris Exposition 1900. L
sold by F. G. EGENBERGER
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
iEj ICE! ICE!
Same old place.
Same old man.
Come to the office and get
your Ice lJjoks at same
old price.
McMAKEN & 50N,
. t Nebraska 72-73.
Phones , pattsmauth7-2.
OFFICE
ion Bloch. 6th & Main StS.
Un
& NATHAN
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Leading Local Professional
Men Commended to the
Patronage of its Readers
by The Journal.
DENTISTS.
C. A. HARSHALL, D.D.S.
Dental Rooms. Fitzgerald Block.
All Work Fikst Class Guaranteed
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
riutts.Thoes 3 0,0
W. B. ELSTER,
DENTIST.
CFriCE: Plattsmouth,
Waterman Block Nebraska
ATTORNEYS iAT LAW
D. O. DWYER
Lawyer
I'LATTSMOrTH
Nkbraska
SPURLOCK & TIDD
Attorneys and
- , ? Counsellors at Law.
IOVJ2Y P.LOCK - PLATTSMOUTH
John M. Ley da,
LAWYER
Reliable Abstracts of Title.
WATERMAN BLOCK.
O. 3. aF'OXjSZ,
WETTENKAMP B'L'K PLATTS
OUR SUITS SUIT ALL . . . .
because everyone is pleased with
what's just right. The man that we
can't fit to a T must be a freak whom
we willingly turn over to the tailor.
Carrying al) the known sizes, we can
p;ive nnyon pretty nearly what he
wants at first blush, and the trifling
alterations necessary to secure exact
ness are quickly made without charge.
We smile at competition. Give us
a trial and be convinced.
MORGAN'S
THE LEADING CLOTHIER.
502 Main Street,
ntrnvi or?f imvfc
lb V Jl V
RESTORES VITALITY
Made a
Well Man
of Me.
XTTTTVI 1 LLJLT
produces tbe above results In SO days. It seta
power! ally sad Quickly. Cans when sU other tslL
Sonus men will regain their lost manhood. od old
den will recover tbclr youthful rigor by oalng
BEVIVO. It quickly and surely restores Nftrvous
Dess. Lost Vitality. Ini potency. Nightly Fmltoni,
Loot Power, Faluns' Memory. Wastlns Diseases, and
all effects of seU-abusa or excess and Indiscretion,
which unfiu onefor etody, bnKlneaBortnuTiate. U
not only cures by starting at tbe seat of disease, but
Us great nerve tonic and blood builder, bring
ing back the Dink glow to Dale cheeks and re
storing the fire of yootb. It wards off f nsanlti
ana consumption, insist on nsnng vc rituns
other. It can be carried In vest pocket. By mall
100 per lactase, or six tor UjOO. wltb m posf
tire 'written tmarantee to ear or lernrpi
the BBonry. B(Mk aod advise free. Address
0AI MEDICINE CO. o00
For sale in Plattsmouth by
GERING &CO.
RACKS
EXAS
V
Effective March 10th, J90J,
the
Announces the Opening of its
Red River Division
mT()m
Denison and Sherman,
Texas. a
Through Train Service will shortly
be established from St. Louis and Kansas
Qty over the J J
Shortest Line to Texas
What liave you to trade, soil or pivc away?
Anything from shoestrinps to automobiles
you can't afford to leave it out of the Journal
swap column.
All wants registered (here for the nominal
charge of 2 cents a line per insertion.
Answers to advertisements may be directed
to this office, whence they will lie promptly
delivered.
TWO good business blocks or sale at a bar
gain. Inquire Colonel J. II. Thrasher.
CHOICE LAND In Cass county for sale.
Inquire of Thrasher, the real estate man,
Plattsmouth.
25 WELL IMPROVED FAKMS in Kllmore.
York, Adams and Lincoln counties for sale
by Thrasher.
FOR SALE At a burjraln. one of the best
pnTlni? saloons and restaurants In Omaha.
Klt-eant fixtures, up to date appointments. In
cluding private dining rooms. Assured net
business of from ?)0 to $15 per day. For par
ticulars address: W-a). Plattsmouth Journal.
LATEST MODEL, brand new. SG3 sewing
machine at a snap. What will you give or
tradey Address offer's and Inquiries to Platts
mouth Journal.
WANTED Fresh butter and eggs to ex
change for subscription to Journal.
For, Sale 10 room house on west Eltn
st reeu Plattsmouth. A choice piece of prop
erty with modern improvements and in the
best of condition. Inquireof:
Colonel J. Thrasher. Plattsmouth.
dFOK SALE a fuU-blood Jersey cow. due to
calve June 1. Will sell, with calf, forSWor
keep the calf and sell cow for HO.
E. G. COOLEY,
l'i miles west of Plattsmouth.
FOR SALE A 100-acre farm near Tlatts
mouth; also 7-room house and three lots In
city. Enquire of John M. Leyda, Wstermao
block.
3 ).crx
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
PEPPERBEKG'S
'BUD S'
Tbe Ideal 5 cent ciffar.
Delicious aroma.
Perfect burner.
Positively the best.
No first class retailer
should be without
'B U D S '
CIGARS.
PEPPERBER6 :
Main Street. Plattsmouth. S
Foais, Sparkles,
and Tickles mo Palate.
Celebrated Beers
Ed Donat
Wholesale Dealer
Large Assortment
of HAMMOCKS and CROQUET
SETS at
ARTIE HELPS.
Hammocks of the best quality rpnpr
Ing iu price from oOc. to 3.00.
AM
Horn Treatment that
crei Caaeeri as 1 Tuirxrs.
Tsed wits perfect sa'pty:
b armless, Mstiii&c, noa-irrl-tatlaf.
We arsferts ksre pstients
corns Is tbs Sanitarium for a
SMedTStirs. Cases that come
tBio. Xt ir: te our Baollanaai net pat
mtitll cvrid. Writs to-day for sur 80 pays bosk.
It contains couch valuable Inforoation and
hundreds of testimonial from patients we have
eared of cancer. Stiff frum. Consultation by
mall or in person, free. Address.
OR. E. O. SMITH'S SANITARIUM. '
A. S. McCLKARY, ManastN.
Rsobis 6 to ii. N. B. Cor. loth st nala Sts
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.
3SVi
r no rcuecuon 30
dainty, no light so
charming as the
mellow glow that
comes from
CORDOVA
Wax Candle
to Iihiboiiim with ur- f4
rouudiuK in dininf -.-
room. iinwinf pmD)
ttu rooui or ami. ouui
. very where. IdMUJir.
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