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THE HERALD. J. A. MACMURPIIY Editor PLATTSMOUTH. JUNE 5,1879, The Ohio deras. put up Torn Ewing. Russia has opened the ball by hang ing four Nihilists at Kief. Gen. Ja8. Shields is dead, suddenly at Oltnmwa, la, at m.. June 1st. lie died 10:30 p. The Omaha Evening News has open ed a column to the tern perance people, and it is to be edited by Madaiaa Charl ton Ed holm. By some means the copy of a com munication from Greenwood signed Nubbins Uncle." received last week was mislaid until too late for publica tion. We regret the mistake. The resignation of Judge Dillen has been accepted by the President to take effect on Sept. 1st. Sect'y McCreary will be appointed in his stead. Judge Dillon takes the head of the Columbia Jaw college, X. Y. A TELErnoxE exchange is to be started in Omaha. Already seventy nine parties have subscribed to it, some to run to their business houses and some to their residences. Pretty soon all Omaha will be talking to each oth- by means of the telephone. Miss LaFlesche, a member of the 10 mah a tribe of Indians, who witk her father Joe LaFlesche, went down to the Indian Teriitory to ascertain the truth of the Ponca statement as to the unhealthiness of their reservation, has obtained the autographs of all the parties who were connected with the Ponca case. We remember Susy, as she used to be called, when, a modest little girl, she attended the Mission school at tiie Omaha Agency. The Ohio . convention nominated Hon. Chas. Foster for Governor after a severe contest. Judge raft was the other candidate, and the general pin ion seems to be that Foster is the stronger candidate. The Ohioans seem to think that their election determines the president:al contest. It is a very important election, but we guess the rest of our sisters, and our cousins and our aunts will have something to say when it comes to 'SO. "We have received a pass from the New York and Manhattan Beach Ry. Co, for the opening of the summer season at "Manhattan Beach" June 14th, together with an invitation to at tend the same. The programme set forth is alluring. I. S. Gilmore's full band has been engaged for the season, a balloon to make daily ascensions. Electric lights, facilities the most im proved for surf bathing, grand hotel, largest of its kind in the world, clam bake everyday if we could only bridge the gap between Plattsmouth and New York think we should-start immedi ately. Perhaps some of our readers had better go and report. I. he latest lrom Washington since the last veto is that the majority wil pass the legislative, judicial and army appropriation bills, providing, howev er, that no money shall be used for transporting troops to or from the polls or to or from any place where they may be used at elections; nor shall any money be used for the pur pose of paying u. S. supervisors of elections or U. S. marshals. The pur poses and uses of each dollar is dis tinctly set forth, and any other use for bidden. They think the President will not dare veto this bill and they will thus gain their point in establishing the principle that the United States can not regulate even the manner of its own elections. If the President does veto this last arrangement they think they can go to the country on the issue. The plan is at best but a subterfuge to override if possiLle the President's well-stated objections to the former measures. A TERRIBLE CYCLONE, Tasses Over Southern Nebraska, North era Kansas and Tart of Missouri. A 1. j .Again we nave ueen iortunate in it.:. : t . . . ims section tu country, ior wime our rains have been full and strong they have caused no damage to life and propcrt', but in other parts of our state and neighboring ones they have been less fortunate. 4 A. 1 I A. m - lerriuie storm or wina ana rain passed through Richardson countv and did great damage along the A. & N. At Denison Mills, Neb., the Catholic church was destroyed, the store of Mead, Riley & Co. and several persons injured. In Kansas however it was frightful, a dispatch to the Champion says, ai irviiig is persons were kill ed and 29 wounded, so that many will die. At Delphos, Ottawa Co., 15 dead Indies were brought in from 2 square miles of territory. The citizens of Atchison raised $1200 for the sufferers, besides medicines, blankets, iood, xc. In Jackson Co., Mo., a Mr. Harris and his wife and children were car riea up into the air clear out of sight ana aroppea in different places and directions from site of the house they occupied and varying in distance from one to two hundred yards. Mrs. Har ris and one child were killed outright; Mr. Harris died several hours after one of the other children was found in a pool of water fifty yards from the . house with a large bunch of wet straw and grass wrapped so tightly around his head and shoulders it could only be removed with great difficulty. The child wa? but slightly injured, his es cape being attributed to the mysteri ous bandage around him. When last heard from the storm was traveling northeastwardly and had entered La fayette county. Near Lee's Summit. Mo it tore a fur row through the earth about a hun dred yards wide and 10 miles long, lev eling everything in its track, killing and wounding people and stock. These storms are awful and we can only be to thankful that thus far we liave been wonderfully spared. . DEATH! DEATH! DEAD! TWO SUICIDES IN TWO DAYS. Singular Pertinacity In Shifting from Known Evils to those of the Unknown. On Saturday morning the town was startled by the report that an unknown man committed suicide at the Platte Valley House during the night. The Herald reporter repaired to the spot and found only too truly that a Ger man, about 48 years old, had arrived there the night before from the Oma ha train. He enquired for a German boarding house and had been directed to the Platte Valley. He retired at once to his rooora, after giving the clerk about S30 in money, for safe keeping. In the morning the clerk went up to get an extra basin from his room, and found the man dead. By his side were found four bottles of strychnine, two empty and two about one-half full, aad a 4-0z phial of chlo roform, nearly one-third used, j lie had taken his boots off, hung his watch on a nail, evidently took the poison, prepared the handkerchief with chloroform, then blew the candle out and stretched himself outside the bed clothes, fixed the handkerchief over his chin, crossed his hands on his breast and apparently died with scarce ly a struggle. The sheriff and Dr. Richmond were at once notified, and later, Dr. Living ston and others. After a brief exam ination by the surgeons a jury was empannelled by Sheriff Hyers. acting coroner, as follows: jurors: W. D. Jones, II. W. Sage, Alex. Schlegel, Jas. W. Woodson, P. P. Gass, J. Wr. Johnson. The following witnesses were subpoe naed and testified to the facts briefly as follows: Dr. S. II. Richmond was called to the room about 6:30 a. in. May 31st; found man lying on his back, cold and dead. Found strychnine, &c, and that man came to his death from combined poi son of strychnine and chloroform. Dr. R. R. Livingston was called later in the day; testified as to position of body, finding of strychnine, chloroformt S:c., stated probable quantity of each taken. Said the bottles were marked from some druggist in Omaha, but the name was carefully scratched off. E. P. "Waterhouse (clerk; sworn. Told when the man came, about going to room, &c, gave him room 12; man came down about 10:30 and wanted to see clerk or landlord, wanted some wa ter, took water up and he handed me his pocket book and told me to take care of it; asked how much there was, he untied it and counted it about 828 in bills and some silver, 830 in all; turned it over to Mr. Bons. Next morning wanted the basin and went up. found man dead and note on table. (The note was in German, and say?, his nam was Herman Rheinfeldt, born in Hanover, been in America five years, often sick, and had been out of work three months, had not much money and would rather die than live Irving Hill, P. II. Thornhill and Win Splain, who had adjoining rooms al swore to about the same state of facts P. B. Murphy told that he was called to room 12 about 7:30, saw man daad The evidence seeming clear and com plete, the jury very shortly brought in the following verdict: State of Nebraska, Cass Co. At an inquisition holden at the Platte Valley House in Plattsmouth Cass County, on the 31st day of May 18.9, before R. W. Hyers, Sheriff and acting Coroner, upon the body of Her man Rheinfeldt, lying dead, by the ju rors, whose names are hereunto sub scribed, the said jurors upon their oaths do say Herman Rheinfeldt came to hi3 death by swallowing two drachms of strychnine, and two ounces of chloroform administered by his own hand. W. D. Jones, II. W. Sage, Alex. Schleoel, Jas. W. Woodson, P. P. Gass. J. W. Johnson. Jurors After telegraphing to Omaha, and finding no further clue the man's body was duly buried on Saturday after noon. NOT DONE YET. One IHore. Scarcely had the hearse passed from our sight with the dead body of Rhein feldt when we were again called on to listen to the despairing cry and view the dead body of another poor unfortunate. ON SUNDAY MORNING The cry sounded up Sixth street by h e Herald s house. "Come, Doctor, quick, a man has shot himself." The voice was Charley Warren's and we learned that the cry but heralded the ugly truth, and the story of yesterday had been repeated with slight varia tions. Some three months ago a quiet, youngish man came to J. G. Chambers' harness shop for employment and got it. He has worked there stead'ly since, disturbed no one, was not of drinking habits and minded his own business. He always seemed rather sullen and morose, it is true, but no one knew any harm of Inra. His name was J. K. WEIR, andj last Sunday morning, June 1st, 1879, about 7 o:clock, he shot himself twice with a revolver and died in half an hour. No particular cause was as- sigM-d except that he was "tiredof liv ing." Mr. Chambers says he seldom held any continued conversation ex cept about the civil war and on reli gion. Pictures of Tom Paine and Bob Ingersol,were found in his trunk, and it i3 said he was avowedly an In fidel on religious matters. He had been a member of the 102d regiment of llinois volunteer infantry during the war. Saturday afternoon he seemed low- i spirited and felt bad. Chambers asked him what was the matter and :f any thing he had done affected hira. Weir u answered "rto,wand added some gloomy remark. When told of Rheinfeldt's suicide he said " He (R) was better off dead than alive, and tha he wouldn't mind going to hell himself if he was sure of having the company of two or three ahead of him." a jury was duly empannelled and and the fol lowing persons gave their evidence ac cordmjily as they saw deceased at or about the time of his death : WITNESSES. Mrs. Chas. Warren, Chas. Warren Dr. Schilddnecht, Dr. Livingston, Rich ard Newell, Dan'l Robinson, J. C Thompson, E. K. Parmele, J. G. Cham bers, Henry Herold, Byron Miller, P. B. Murphy. EVIDENCE. Mrs. Warren said she got up fifteen minutes to seven Sunday morning heard groaning, went out of house, heard croaning again and looked in shop and saw Weir lying on the floor. Told Charley (her husband) to go and see what was the matter. Charley went in and found him lying down with blood on him. Charley went out for a doctor and I heard a shot. I heard him say "I am tired of living W hen l last saw him his brains were running out. lie was a quiet young man as far as I know. Chas. Warren testified: Came in and asked him what was the matter. Said he "didn't want to live." I said " Hold on, old boy, I'll get a doctor." As I left the door I heard the second shot. Came back when I heard this shot and found he was shot in the head. Saw no weapon first time; must have shot himself in side the first time. Went in back door. Dr. Schildknecht-was called by James Herold, about seven in the morning, to Mr. Chambers shop to see a man who had shot himself. Found him with pistol shot in his side, near the region of the heart. Found shot in head and in a dying condition: revolv er lying at his right side. Think ball in head went "down. Brain was pro truding from wound; made no attempt to talk. Ball in side went through the body into the wall. Deceased came to his death by hi3 own hand Dr. R. R. Livingston was called by Charley Warren, at 10 minutes before 7 o'clock, June 1st. Said a man had shot himself at Chambers' harness shop. Went at once and found de ceased a3 he lays now. (Describes po sition of body and wounds.) Said ball in head penetrated left ventricle of brain and was cause of death; do not think the chest wound would have produced death. He was dying then. The other witnesses gave each their view of the matter and testified to his habits, ways, &c. W e cannot give it in detail. Weir came here from Leavenworth, Kansas. Chambers says he had the blues all day Saturday. He paid him about 811 Saturday evening. Had said he didn't believe in Hell or Heav en. The revolver belonged to Cham bers. The man was a Mason The coroner cleared the room about noon and after a careful investigation and a further examination of Mrs, Warren, brought In the followrng verdict: State of Neb., Cass County At an inquest holden at the harness shop of J. G. Chambers, on Main St., in the city of Plattsmouth, in Cass County; Neb., on the 1st day of June, A. D. 1879, before me, R. W. Hyers. Sheriff and acting Coroner, of said count', upon the body of J. K. Wreir, lying dead, by the jurors whoso names are hereunto subscribed. me saia jurors upon their oaths ac cording to the evidence and the best of their knowledge do say, J. K. Weir came to his death by two revolver shots fired by his own hand Cone in the left side and one in the head,) In testimony whereof the said juvors have hereunto set their bauds this day and year aforesaid. Attest: Samuel Long, J. W. Shannon, David Miller, Wm. Neville, Julius Pepperberg W. F. Morrison, jurors It is singular that both men destroy ed all the letters and memoranda in their possession, evidently to avoid be ing recognized any iurther or to pre vent word going to friends. There is no doubt but that a morbid sympathy and infatuation induced Weir to com mit suicide just at this particular time, right after the example of Reinfeldt We hope sincerely that this closes the epidemic of self-murder in Platts mouth, as we wish to record no more such tragedies. We have before us a copy of the In dependent, Oskaloosa, Kansas, dated Jan'y ICth, 18G9, in which is an article entitled "Army Reminiscences." by James K. Weir, 102d 111. Inft'y Vols. It is well written, and is part of a con tin ued article, so that we cannot tell what uattie he is describing, l lie pa per was found in his trunk, and has the name of "J. J. Wittenberg," on it The editor's name is J. W. Roberts We hate to see a soldier die thus BetUr have perished on the field of battle. Iowa, Illinois and Kansas papers please copy. University Commencement. The programme of the commence ment exercises is as follows: Saturday evening. June 7 University Union. Sur.day evening. June 8 Baccalaureate Ser vices, by the Chancellor. iwonuay evening June a i. niversity union. Tuemlav evening. June 10 University Ad- drrs, by President Fulwell, of University of Minuesota. Wednesday. 9 ft. m Orations and Essays of Graduating Class, followed by Aluiunl Address, uyj.s. .uaies, csi., oi nass oi .J. Those in attendance upon commence ment, who pay full fare in coining by & M. R., U. P and A. A X. Rail roads, are returned at one-fifth the fare. Those comincr by St. Jo. & D. C. K. R. are returned free. State papers please copy. E. B. Faiiifielp, Chancellor. Lincoln, May 27, 187y. Our Temperance Column. EDITED PY THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TKM FERANXK UNION. To the Readers of the Hkkald : 1 I.ATTSHOUTH LODGE NO. 2. I. O G, Regular meet iiiK" at Good Templars' T. Hall every ednesuay evening. E. II. Wooi.ev. W. C.T. Viola V , Bakxks, Sec'y. IjnTTSMorTH Tf.mim.b ok Honor and Tempkkanck. No. 13. Regular mcetiiiir. saiuraay evening in tian in t uzKeraiu m mock. S. . 111NKLK, W. U. 1. J. F. Johnson, Sec'y. Plattsmouth Red RiBBox ci.uB.-Reguiar -- meeting on Monday evening of each week. E. G. Uovkv, President. H. M. Bushnf.i.l, Sec'y. rriHK Rkadino Room. Open on Wednexdav - and Saturday afternoon and evening of each week. Front room over F. S. White's store. The Grat Spider. BV MRS. B. J. RICHMOND. A spidbk sat in his basement den. Weaving his snares (or the souls of men. "1 will not work with my hands," quoth he ; "An easier pathway mint open forme." lie spreads his tables of grsenest baize. And many a cunning trap he lays. The marble balls are smooth and white. The den is blazing with floods of light. Behind the bar the spider stands : There Is not a wise man in the land But will lose his wit and become a fool If he yields himself to the.iplder's rule. There is not a man so strong and brave But the ipider will dig him a shameful grave. There is not a youth so noble and fair But will learn to drink, and gamble, and swear In the spifer's den. But do not, pray, Dare to dispute the spider's sway ; If you sweep the den with the law's Htrong broom Perhaps you might make a cleaner room ; But then men are fearful a little afraid. In fact on the spiders to make a raid ; 'Twould Mir up excitement, and spiders must live ; So our dear household treasures we patiently give. The spider still sits in his basement den. Lying In wait for the souls of men. Youth's Temperance Banner. W. C. T. U. This Society will meet Thursday (to day) at 3 p. m. in the Reading Room. A full attendance is earnestly desired, 5is several important matters must be determined. Is Alcohol a Poison. Whiskey is about half alcohol, and the remaining half is water. A little boy between six and seven years old was sent by his mother for a gill of whiskey, and he, knowiajr it was a drink of some kind, sipped away at it until lie haa drunk half of It. After some hours the child was fottud in the street senseless. He was taken to a police office, and a doctor worked over him five hours before he was recovered enough to go home. He had been stu pefied nearly nine hours from drinking a quarter of a gill, or about two spoon- iuis, ot alcohol diluted with the same amount of water; would we not call any other thing a poison if it produced such effects? Youth's Temperance Baaner. Mrs. WTittenmyer, President of the Woman's Christian National Temper ance Union, will address the people of Plattsmouth .next. Saturday evening June 4th. We believe all temperance people will be interested in seeing and hearing a lady who has held this high position since the first organization of the society five years ago. We also believe our citizens as a whole will be profitably entertained in hearing her, and we especially urge every lady in Plattsmouth as far as possible to come and hear one who though patriot and philanthropist, is no less a true woman. Additional notice of time and place of meetings in this column. Example. An intemperate man was on h!s death-bed. He sent for a professor of religion, and said t hira: "Do you re member being in such a temperance meeting? I was there. I went for the purpose of signing the pledge. When it was circulated I kept my eye on you I thought you knew more about these things than I did, and if it were a good thing you would give your name and join it. But you did not, and for that reason I did not. And here I am. I am about to die, and I want you to prepare to meet me in the judgment.' These words went like a dagger to the professor's heart; and they should pierce the heart of every one profess ing godliness who stands aloof from the temperance cause. Every one has influence, and it should be on the side of virtue and piety, of God and reli gion. We should not avoid the appearance or evil, but ao an the good in our power. And iu this yiew we should be mindful of our example and influ ence. Actions speak Jouder than words Youth's Temperance Banner. Action of ao Important Church Jndica tory. The General Assembly of the Pres byterian Church, recently in session in Saratoga N. Y. adopted emphatic re solutions o the subject of temperance, from which we copy the following: 1. That we hereby reaffirm our con viction that the only safe principle on which the temperance reform can be conducted is total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks as a beverage; and also that hereafter as heretofore we will seek by all lawful methods the en tire suppression of the liquor traffic (Applause.) 2. That we commend most heartily the work of the Woman's Christian Temperance union; that we recom mend to All who desire to circulate temperance documents, or to give cur rency to a temperance literature, the temperance publications of the Pres byterian Board, as well as those of the National Temperance Society and Publishing House; and that we call upon temperance men everywhere to organize at once and thoroughly for the enforcement of the restrictive fea tures of our present excise laws. . 3. Finally, we declare our solemn conviction that this whole reform, in all its features, and from first to last is of God; we exhort all who labor in it to acknowledge God; we invoke for it the co-operation of all servants of God; and we beg for itits appropriate places in the ministration of God's house, and in the prayers of God's peo ple. So sustained, though it may have its transient reverses, in the end, and that, we believe, not far away.weshall achieve a deoisive victory, and "this great Babylon be thrown down to be found no more at all." (Applause.) Decoration Day. Last Friday, the 30th of May, the dav set apart to commemorate the he roism of our soldiers brave, and to de borate their graves with floral offerings was more generally celebrated through out the Union than in many years be fore. From our telegrams and ex thanges we learn that great prepara tioii3; large processions and patriotic Speeches by great men were made in every large city ; and each smaller ham let and village in the states, where so I B v. w many of bur brave lie buried, turned out in greater or less numbers to show their devotion to, and belief in the cause these patriotic men lost their lives to maintain. This in spite of the ad vice, beforehand, of several large news papers (which think themselves infiiien tial) to the effect that "Decoration day had better be abandoned, it should be now obsolete, all well enough at first fcc. ,but at this late day it was only a reminder of sectional striefs. The late attitude of Congress, that is the majority, no doubt aided to draw out an unusual protest from the sur vivors f those who lost friends in the war for the Union, to show that the cause or tins war anu its results were not iorgotten, oy me loyai men anu women of the North, nor the preserva- tioa of the. Union on the basis settled at Appomatox an obsolete idea. We have not space to detail a minute por tiou of the celebrations in different places we shall barely touch those near est home. IN OMAHA They met at 10:30 in the morning and moved to the cemetery in the follow ing order. Col. R. II. W llbur and aids, General Frederick, James S. France and Sam B. Jones. Band of the Ninth U. S. Infantry. Floral Wagon. Mayor Chase and Speakers of the Dav Police Judge. Wagon Containing Thirty-Eight Little Girls, in V lute, Representing the Thirty-Eight States. . Double Quartette. Schumann Quartette. City Council. Chief Engineer J. J. Galligan, and Page, Martin Ish. City Marshal and Police. Union Pacific Band. Durant Engine and Hose Company. Pioneer Hose and Ladder Company. Uraaha Lngine Company No. 1. Fire Kiug Engine Company No. 2. Nebraska Engine Company No. 3. Assistant Chiefs of the Department Ambulance with Flowers. Phil. Kearney Post No. 2. Grand Army of the Republic Geo. A. Custer Post No. T.Grand Army of the Republic Speeches were made by Hon. Mayor Chase, Pres. of the day, Gen. J. C. Cow- vin, Judge Savage. Gen. Manderson and others. Gen. Manderson's eulogy of the dead Strickland was very fine. At David City, Col. Paul Vandervort spoke, and his closing sentences were as follows: ;Comrades, it is well that we should band together. The old veterans are being awakened ; rusty sabres are be ing brightened ; military companies are springing up everywhere; the patriotic fire of '01 still burns brightly. In the name of the dead who per ished from earth to save the nation, I appeal to you to cling to their precious memory. When this day comes strew their grassy mounds with sweet bloom ing dowers, and with bowed heads and tear-dimmed eyes vow eternal devotion to the cause tor which they fought and died. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. .Stand on the alert. A soldier should never sleep on duty. Watch with bated breath and clenched hands all efforts tending to destroy tho union. Renew the old ties. Talk often of the past. Teach your children loyalty. Teach them to love and honor the flag, to love the laud of their birth as a mo ther cherishes her children. When the steps falter, the hair grows white, and the face wrinkled, and you strike your tents and pass to the eternal camping ground, you will leave behind you 1 y al hearts and willing hands that will forever preserve the fieri Lage you left to them. This nation will never die. It is cemented with the crimson blood of patriot dead. It is the hope of op pressed nations every where, and God will ever bless aud smile upon it. The seventeen year locust, so call ed, lias made its appearance among us, and so far as we can glean from our exchanges is infesting the eastern part of the state considerably. From the Nemaha Granger we clip some infor mation in regard to them which may be of interest to our readers: Just now a harvest fly, by some call ed a locust is attracting general atten tion. This fly is called by the Latin's cicaua, aim nas been Known rrora re mote antiquity. In America they are improperly called locusts. They have broad heads, large and brilliant eyes, and 3 simple eyes on the crown; their wings veined and transparent. The males make a loud ratting noise by means of an apparatus on each side of the abdomen ; this is covered by two large oval plates and consists of acav ity containing plaited folds, of a parch' ment-iiKe membrane, transparent as glass; these are moved by muscular cords, and the action is assisted by the rapid movement of the wiucrs. The sound is rendered more intense by the resonance of cavities within the body protected by valves. They have not the power of leaping like grasshoppers. In the perfect state they live but a few weeks, performing the work of reproduction and then dying, but in the larva state they are wingless, and live in the ground, sub sisting upon the juices of roots and thus passing a series of vear3. One class is calle I the 17 years' locusts, as the general belief is that they live that length of time in the imperfect state, appearing at intervals of 17 years, and it is a well established fact, that ex cept in northern Xew England, tho lineal descendants of each swarm, ap pear only every 17 joars. Near the tips of the covers there is a zig-zag line in the form of the letter "W," which by the superstitious is supposed to pre dict a coming war. Though found upon almost all kinds of trees, except evergreens, they prefer the oak tree. The perfect insects em erge from the ground from February to the middle of June, according to the latitude and warmth of the season. Each female deposits about 500 eggs. The insect bores a hole in a small twig sufficient to hold sixteen eggs, ahd after filling that nest fills others until her stock of eggs is exhausted. She then drops from the tree and dies. The twigs pierced usually die and fall from the tree, and in this way many of the larva? reach the ground, though most are developed on the tree. Almost as soon as they leave the eggs they drop to the ground and at once bury them selves beneath the surface by means of their fore feet. After about 17 years they gradually approach the sur face, in a cylindrical and circuitous route from a depth of 2 or 3 feet. They leave the earth iu a warm night and ascend trees, on which, in a short time, the pupa skin bursts on tiie back and the perfect cicada comes forth. This insect does no especial damage, unless it be that the trees are damaged when they deposit their eegs. Programme of Cass Co. Sunday School Convention) to be held at the M. E. Church, Weeping Wa ter, Nebraska, JUNE 18th AND 19th, 1879. . TUESDAY. 2:00 p. M. Devotional Exercises, Rev. Wm. Worley. 2:15. Address of Welcome. 2 :30. Reports and Remarks. 3:30. Superintendents as they Are and Ought to be, E. A. Kirkpatrick. 4:30. Teachers as they Are and Ought to be, E. Ashmun. EVENING. 8:00. Relation of S.S. to the Mis sionary Cause, Mrs. B. Spurlock. WEDNESDAT. 8 :00 p. m. Devotional Exercises. 9 :15. A. S. S. Made Interesting, Rev. T. A. Worley. 10:00. Class Exercise, Rev. II. A. French. 11:00. Helps their Use and Abuse, Mrs. Frew. AFTERNOON. 3:00 p. m. Devotional Exercises. 2:15. My difficulties, S. Richard son. 3:00. The value of a Systematic course of Reading to S.S. Instructors Rev. II. A. Ewell. 4:00. Question Drawer opened. 4:30.- -Election of Officers. Opening spoeches limited to fifteen minutes, others to five. All persons attending the conven tion will be entertained. Everybody interested in Sunday Schools come and make this the best convention we have ever held in this county. D. C. Fleming, President. The Final Disposition or the Poneas. Saturday morning the Ponca habeas corpus case was called up before Jus tice Miller of the supreme bench, who will hear this case in the stead of Judge Dillon. After some prelimin ary proceedings the judge asked Dis trict Attorney Lambertson, " here are the prisoners. Standimr Bear and others?" " We do not know. Tiiey arc up north somewhere," returned Mr. Lam bertson. " What order has been issued in re gard to them ?" Judge Dumlvs court record was then read ordering their release from custody, after which the judge said: " I do not see that vou are in court. We can not proceed unless the prison ers are in court, either actually or con structively. Has any bond or recog nizance for their appearance been ta ken?" " None whatever. I gave notice that would take an appeal, and supposed the prisoners would be in the custody of the marshal until the case could be finally decidtd." " Have you thought upon this point any, or looked up the authorities upon it. "No, Your honor, it had not occur red to me." "My judgment," said His Honor "is that you cannot be deemed to be in court at all, and we cannot proceed to try this case on that account. How ever, I will give you till Monday morn ing to look up authonties and will then hear what vou have to sav, and afterwards take the matter under ad visement. Mv present view of the case is that vou are not in court at all." The effect of the decision if render ed as above indicated, will be to end the matter so far as Standing Bear and his companions are concerned, but will not affect the policy of the government toward the Indians. Standinsr Bear ind his friends will be free, and no marshal or military officer can return them to the reservation, but any other Indian can be carried back, and will have recourse in the same manner as Standing Bear had, which will open up the great question again. It can then be appealed and a final decision obtain ed from the court of hist resort, such as it was hoped would be reached now. Republican. CORRESPONDENCE. Weeping Water Notes. Our strawberry festival was decid edly a failure only a scattering few where out, guess the profits were small. Jim Owen from Nebraska City has been working in town this week put ting on a tin roof for Chase & Co., Jim has improved in general appearance and looks well. Fred Clinton has moved into Dr. Butler's house and Butler is moving west to grow up with the country. L. F. Reed and Frank Wolcott are having their houses painted. We have had a bountiful rain and farmers are happy. Lots of strangers have been visiting town during the last week. We are sorry to chronicle the death of Mrs. Stucker on Wednesday last, after a long sickness, by request of the deceased a post mortem examination was held by Drs. Gibbon, Wallace and Kenanson, and discovered the stomach in a very ulcerateu condition, we be lieve a very large number of friends attended the funeral. Some of our sporting men attended the Omaha races and since their return we hear a great deal about the Pedi gree of horses. We understand that a Rev. Mr. Web ber has been engaged as pastor for the Cong, church. Wre hear that Dr. and Mrs. Gibbon intend visiting England sometime dur ing the summer. We believe that Mrs. Fleming has not been so well for the last week. Mrs. Jenks is preparing to build a new house. Reed Bros, and Fleming & Race re port business very quiet, also all other business just now. Our principal of the high school re ports the school in a very prosperous condition. Inter Nos. Sherman Evarts, son of Secretary Evarts, has been appointed editor of the Yale College Record. LIDaDiin9!! IFWg;!!; Lit We are nSeaay o & Plenty of - Mm Jlae IiDCii'eaiaisg alcswanal i mnw trade, we laave BougMau Uau&ually Large Stock - C7R MY fflatt EBefwe yen pcsd$1 ywr Misaey9 give ss aea jd porta nify to Iaw yw mir GOODS A1TD PEICES. Plattsmoutli. Nebraska. has once more " come back" to FRANK GUTHMAN who is. on and after this date sole proprietor. NEW GOODS, ELEGANT STYLES. Mr. Weckbach having gone into the Lumber business I propose to run t'n old EMPIRE awhile myself. We are In almost daily receipt f DRY AND FANCY GOOD and RDB0(DElliE, which we offer our friends and the public at Wholesale at juices t Cashmeres, Alpacas, Delaines, &c. Calicos, from 12 to 16 Yards for $1.00. Muslins, from 6 cts. a yard upward The finest stock of White Bedspreads ever brought to the CltY. Buell's Cassimeres, Tweeds, ' Jeans, and Cottonades in full Stock. IHIats anal Dapf amid IFoiL'ifiiIiisng(EJoaI ; OF A I.I. KINDS. Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods. I desire to see all my old patrons back and want to hold a jiany of th preeust ones as I can FRANK C, UTIIMAN'. HE MEMBER THE l'LACE. ONE DOOR WEST OF P. o., 20y PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA mm New Goods, AND - OF XL asad MctaiB ? suit the times. P MS.
