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lived twenty-eight years. He is an attorney by profession and was admitted to the bar here in 1879. He is, withal, a bulwark of our city's standing and prosperity.
WILLIAM TIGHE, Sheriff.--Prominent among the men of Cass County, is Wm. Tighe, the county sheriff. He is a native of Canada and has lived in Cass County twenty years and formerly was successful as a farmer. He is serving his second term as sheriff. As sheriff he has shown himself "the right man in the right place." Quick, active and fearless, he has, at the same time, a pleasant and affable manner, and is ever prompt in the various arduous duties devolving upon him.
HERRMAN KLIETSCH--Started his popular saloon May 1, 1888. with Hans Frahm for partner. Sold to H. Frahm, 1889. Bought from H. Frahm in 1890. Keeps one man in his employ. The building is 22x60 feet, on the corner of Main and Fifth Street. Mr. Klietsch was born in Germany and came to this country in 1887 and to Plattsmouth in 1888. He belongs to the Treubund, Liederkanz and Turn Verein. His annual sales are $10,000, and stock $800 to $900.
D. O. DWYER, Attorney; Real Estate, Etc.--An enterprising lawyer to be found in Plattsmouth is D. O. Dwyer. He is a native of Michigan, and studied law here. He was admitted to the bar in 1889. He is also well-known in the real estate, insurance, loan, collection and abstract business. He is popular in local professional and trade circles, and has ever proven a just addition to the talent of Plattsmouth.
THE CITY HOTEL, Fred Goos, Proprietor. Terms, One Dollar and Upward Per Day.--This hostelry was built in 1879, but in 1882 the old building was destroyed by fire. The same year it was rebuilt of brick and is 44x70 feet in size, with three stories and a basement. The cost price was $15,000. Mine host was born in Owschlry Schleswig, Germany, September 16, 1829. He was in the German army and took part in the Schleswig-Holsten (sic) revolution from 1849 to 1851; fought at Idstedt July 24 and 25, 1850, and at Musmide, September 12, 1850, served from 1851 to 1854 in the Danish army. The hotel is located in the same block with the court house, only one block from the depot.
PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL, Daily and Weekly. Only Democratic Newspaper in the Democratic County of Cass.--The Journal was established November 20, 1881. The daily has a 500 circulation, the weekly, 800. C. W. Sherman the energetic and able editor and owner, is a native of Ohio, and served the Union in the 3d Iowa Cavalry, being an active Grand Army man.
There are no pyramids in Nebraska City, neither are there any ancient buildings whose quaint ruins carry the memory back to the romance of the earlier centuries. It is a city of the present, filled with all those forces of push, energy and vitality so characteristic of this bustling afternoon of the nineteenth century. Neither is it a city sprung up in a night, but one which has reached its proud eminence through the efforts of industrious people, who have been aided in their work by a bountiful nature which has bestowed many of her best gifts upon this rich and fertile section of the great State of Nebraska. The growth of this pretty city has been steady and unbroken, from the cabins of the pioneers to the village, then the city, until today there is not in the West anywhere a city of its size whose praises can be sung with better grace. It is enjoying a permanent and solid prosperity which is sure to be increased as the city becomes older. The same forces that built up and made it are still at work, and the future has in store golden promises for a continuation of the stability of values in all lines, and that Nebraska City will continue to grow and prosper in the future as in the past no one doubts. It has all the essential features for future greatness and wealth It is to-day a city of 13,000 people. industrious and polite. Its streets are paved with cedar blocks and vitrified brick. It has a perfect system of sewers which, added to admirable natural drainage is a great factor in the health of the city. It is lighted by gas and electricity, both the arc and incandescent systems. The principal streets are lighted by arc lights, while the others are rendered safe at night by numerous gas lamps. It has one of the finest systems of waterworks in the State, supplying an excellent quality of pure water and affording the best protection against fire. The fire department is second to none, and is fully equipped with all the latest apparatus for fighting the flames. The business portion of the city is housed in large and handsome brick and stone buildings, with plate glass fronts, lighted by gas and electricity, and carrying stocks that are metropolitan. The stores, many of them are veritable palaces of trade, and all are in the enjoyment of a fine and paying business. The sidewalks have received special attention, and are noted and marked by all, and have no equal in the West. In the matter of hotel accommodations Nebraska City is specially favored, and in this particular yields the palm to none. The leading, the Hotel Watson, is closely followed by the others.
Public education is carefully guarded, and her schools rank among the best in the State.
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She is a city of churches, as will be seen in the number and elegance of her houses of worship, embracing all faiths. The mail matter is handled in a building erected by the government at a cost of $100,000, as a slight tribute to her importance as a business center. The building is a model of beauty and admirable construction. She also has the State Institute for the Blind, one of the finest brick buildings in the State, which is not only an ornament to the city, but is doing a grand work in the education of the unfortunates who are deprived of the blessing of sight. The banks of Nebraska City are four in number, and have a capital of $250,000, with $900,000 in deposits. There are no better monetary institutions anywhere. The Y. M. C. A. have nice rooms and a free library. They are given a good support. Nebraska City is the seat of justice of. Otoe County. The city consumes more coal than any city in the State, and consumes more grain in its mills, and ships out more freight than any city in Nebraska except Omaha. There is invested in manufacturing about $1,000,000, giving employment to over 1,000 people. Its list of manufactures embraces many articles which are sold in all parts of the world. She has two of the largest packing houses in the world, next to South Omaha the largest stock yards, an immense distillery for the manufacture of cologne spirits, a mammoth cereal mill, a huge starch mill, novelty works, breweries, flour mills, planing mills, machine shops, three daily and two weekly newspapers, cooper shops, boiler works, laundries, creameries, plow and wagon works, and numerous others, all giving employment and all doing their share as wealth producers.
There are some excellent wholesale houses and the finest horse market in the West. While her people have been busy in the different walks of trade they have not forgotten to beautify their city, as is seen in the two parks, one of them. Morton Park of twenty-five acres being the gift of Governor J. Sterling Morton to the city. Another feature that is commented on by all, is the numerous elegant residences. In this particular no city of any size in the State can show more elegant homes. The style of architecture. the well-kept grounds and the evidence on all sides of comfort, show that her people are not only well to do, but have taste and judgment. The geographical position of Nebraska City, on the banks of the Missouri River in the southeastern portion of the State, is in the same belt of latitude as Philadelphia, Columbus and Indianapolis. The area of the county is 390 000 acres of the finest lands on earth, all of which lies high enough to escape the dangers of an overflow, which has been so destructive to other points of the Missouri and Mississippi valleys this spring. Overflows are unknown here, as the elevations above sea level is 950 feet on the eastern border to 1,100 feet on the western slope. Nebraska City is prospering and is ever ready to extend a helping hand to any legitimate enterprise seeking anew location. Capital desiring to invest in the West will find this one of the best and most advantageous points, as the excellent transportation facilities by the two great trunk lines, the Missouri Pacific and the Burlington route, offer unsurpassed facilities to reach all points in the west and southwest. Parties seeking homes in the West or capital looking for quick returns will do well to consider the claims of Nebraska City. F. E. L.
