PLATXiilODTlI WEEKLY JIE IIALD,TII UKSJL) A Y QUTOBEl; 27, 1S..S7. ghe giathmottth Sffeehlrt $r;i!J I I Ml , . I KNOTTS BBOS., Publisher A Proprietors. Hamilton's Grounds to Bo Sold- From thw New Yorfc Herald. One of the most peculiar eigna of New York's rapid growth in the present era of its existence is the callous manner in which the most historic landmarks of Manhattan Island are being swept out of existence Ity the onward march of active metropolitan life and industry. A cold and business-like announcement has been made within the past few dayB iu the Herald by L. J. & I. Phillips that they will, on October 25 next, sell at auc tion the property known as Hamilton Grange, which lies along St. Nicholas and Tenth avenues, and between 140th and 145th Btrects. The bare announcement means nothing less than that the mansion and surround ing grounds, one hundred and seventy five city lots, forming part of a tract bought nearly a cntury ago by Alexander Hamilton, and occupied and improved by him, are to be sold under the hammer in accordance with the dictates of the present owner, Mr. William II. De Forest. A silk merchant, who secured this tract some years ago. Of all the historic plots that have made some nooks and corners on Manhattan Island famous, probably none was select ed with more care and circumspection as to topography, immediate surroundings and future prospects than this identical Hamilton Orange, so christened by the original purchaser, "Washington's bosom friend, Alexander Hamilton. This statesman of the old time selected the twenty odd acres of land became there a grand view of the Hudson, to the westward, culd be had even then. To the south wa3 the email city, miles away; and in the southeast the Long Is land hills clearly marked the horizon. A post road to Boston coyered one of the corners of the estate, and there was also a stopping place for the Btages that car ried the miiils toNew England. Itoger Morris' residence was in sight from this elevation; so was the residence of Gen. Gates, the captor of Burgoyne, on the Rose Hill Farm, to the eastward. "When, in 1802, Alexauder Hamilton erected the mansion, so well known for its classic style of architecture, he plant ed near that mansion thirteen trees with his own hand, to symbolize the original thirteen states of the Union, These trees have been surrounded with a fence by tho present owner, Mr. Da Forrest, but whether they will be retained or destroy ed by the onward march that commands the sale of tho surrounding acres and lots is as yet a subject of doubt and spec ulation. It is only a few years ago that the pres ent owner acquired posession of this en tire Hamilton Grange. Since that time the grounds have been laid out in street blocks, terraces and lots, and Hamilton terrace is now considered as being the eastern adjunct of Convent avenue. Sev enteen houses have already been con structed there, and further improvements on the various streets, also along Tenth avenue, are now under way. The City In Darkness- Thursdayevening just beiore dark, when the merchants began to light up their Btores, it was discovered that barely enough gas to burn escaped from the burners, and as a consequence the streets were left dark and Main street seemed like Sunday night, except for the people there. Several ot the merchants imme diately went over to the gas works to in quire the cause of the failure of the gas supply, but the information was very meager, as the exact cause could not be ascertained by Mr. Roth, who has charge of the works in Mr. Johns' absence. The only fact that could be ascertained was that something w as wrong with the gas generator and the gas was escaping about a3 fast as made. Mr. Roth and his assistant were unaple to locate or rem edy the cause last night and fhe rner chants had to substitute lamps and can dles which gave the stores the appear ance of away-out-in-the-country estab lishments. But the greatest inconven ience was at the opera house where a large audience was gathering to hear Sol Smith Russell and company. At first the gas wa3 lighted but the light was very low and the report started that there would be no entertainment, but the opera house managers promptly hunted up a dozen or so of lampj and placed them along for foot lights and distributed them over the house, which, although they looked very odd, gave abundant light and the play went off very nicely. Mr. Johns' who has charge of the gas plant here and understands it, is at pres ent away establishing one some place in Missouri, but is expected back in a few days. During Friday the men at the works were investigating the trouble and located it in the drip boxes. These were cleaned out and things were working well at 2 o'clock and a Herald reporter was assured all would be well soon. Ai-WAva oursclf. learn to think and act for WELL DONE AGAIN- Sheriff Eikcnbary Traces and Cap tures Another Cass County Criminal. A few days ago Shriff Eikcnbary re ceived word from Eagle that a man named Elmer Wart had on the S.'Jrd day of September, hired a horse to ride, from the livery stable of Jacob Yoder, and since that day nothing had leen heard of either Wart or the horse, and it was believed Wart had stolen the animal. Sheriff Eikcnbary immediately repaired to Eagle and learned what few facts lie could relating to Wart and his folks and that the horse had been sold in Lincoln for cash, and i hat Wart had left there for parts unknown, with tho money. But Mr. Eikcnbary was informed that Elmer Wart's lather, Jacwb Wart, resided at O'niel City, in Holt county, and what evidence ho had and his recent experi ence, combined with good judgement, he decided the culprit must have made for O'niel City and immediatoly tele graphed the sheriff of Holt county the facts and instructed him to guard the home of Jacob Wart. What transpired at O'niel City we have not yet learned, but last evening just about seven o'clock, Sheriff Eikcn bary received a telegram from the Holt county sheriff, that his man, Elmer Wart, was under arrest, and was await ing his (Eikenbary's) arrival. Mr. Eikeubriry prepared himself for the journey, but as it was too lute for the evening trains, he left this morning on tho G o'clock train and is expected back with his prisoner to-morrow. Sheriff Eikenbary's record as a crimi-nal-catehor, is one of which he could well be proud, and which is a credit to Cass county. Hi3 successful tracing and arrest of the uibezzler, George Calbert, oaly two wecKs ago, is still fresh in the minds of the readers of the Herald, and the excellent work done in tracin-r and capturing Henry Shroeder to St. Paul, a short time before, will be recalled to Mr. Eikenbary's credit. Mr. Eikenbary's good work speaks well for Cass county throughout the state, and certainly she can not afford to loose such an efficient officer. Dr. Depew Talks of Blaine- From the Chicago Times. "Well," said Mr. Depew,' while his left foot beat a tattoo on the carpeted floor of his apartment, "I know that Mr. Blaine does not particularly desire the nomina tion, and yrt, as a matter of fact, he h is no opposition to that office. It is a pecu liar condition of affairs, but there is prac tically no opposition in the country to Mr. Blaine's nomination." "I tell you," he added after a quiet pause, during which the nervous foot was also inactive, "the American people have instinctively a deep-seated sentiment in favor of fair play. When Mr. Tilden was a candidate for th3 presidency there was a large public sentiment, in which I as a republican did not share, that resolv ed itself into'an almost general belief that Tilden was elected as president of the United States, and if he had been nominated again he would have been elected, as sure as guns," and Mr. Depew brought his right hand down upon the arm of his chair with forcible emphasis. "Now," said he, "the people are of the firm belief tiiat a hysterical response to an asinine address, delivered by a phe nomenal jackass with a reverend cogno men, resulted in the defeat of Mr. Blaine for the presidency at last election, and if he should be nominated again the result will Le tar umerent. As it was, ne was defeated only by 700 votes, and since that time the people have had an oppor tunity to estimate what they got and what they have lost by that result." S. S. Cox is a new competitor ftT the chairmanship of the Ways and Means committee. He is one of the oldest and most experienced members of the popular branch of congress. He is also one of the most pronounced and aggressive free traders in that body, and is in harmony with the dominant faction of his party and R. Q. Mills, of Texas will have to look close for his laurels. Although Mr. Cox has never held many important positions in tl. organization of the house, he has been r" ""re than once an active aspirant for the speakership. The New York 21 ail and Express has made a canvass of the larbor party in Brooklyn, and found that out of8140 labor votes 6GS0, over four fifths, have hitherto supported th ? democratic ticket. As that party U particularly strong in New York, where Henry George is a candidate fr the leading office to be filled in the coming election, the democratic chances for victory in that state are very far from being flatteriug. Any one who has a pond and wishes to have it stocked with fish can do so by making application to W. E. O'Brien, superintendent of the state fisheries at South Bend, as the fall distribution of German carp has commenced and all applications should be made by Nov. 1st. Leaiix to say no; it will service to you than to be Latin. be of more able to read Wa have been asked several timet lately on what day the election occurred, and when we answered the. bth of No vember bvidc seemed to be surprised that it comes so late. As there seems to be the impression that the election occur on the first Tuesday in November. Gener ally they do, but the law in each state says, "the first Tuesday after the first Mon day. "fThis year it means the second Tues day in November, on the 8th day of that mouth. November begins on Tuesday, so that it will require a whole week to fill in tho requirement of "after the first Monday." Tho November elections can nut occur later than the 8th nor earlier than the 2nd of the month. An important article for health-seekers will appear in the November Harper's, under the title of'The Winter Climatic Resorts of Three Continents," by William Smith Brown. Mr. Brown has for forty years made the matter a special study in his wide travels, and masses into nine pages the net result of his researches re garding the invalid resorts of Egypt, France, Italy, Algiers, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. He specially em phasizes the vital characteristics of the chief places in this country to which pil grimages are made for recuperation of health and shows that each particular local ity has its own quality of inlluence.adapt ed to a certain class of invalidism, and a limited season of benefit, which must be carefully regarded if any remedy is to be derived. What tho medical profession lias failed to do he has accomplished, by a broad and careful investigation of all the health resorts of Europe, Africa and America, revealing the short-comings and the advantages of each site. Tiierk is a strong probability that the merchandise trade balance, which has recently been heavily against the United States, has now begun to turn in its favor. Tli8 preliminary statements of exports for September of the following classes of domestic products, to which, for pur pose f comparison, are appended the ex ports of the same classet of commodities for tho corresponding month of 18SG, are here given: September, September, 1S87. 188G. Cotton $13,830,592 7,190,903 Breadstuffs 11,004,132 14,284,9.1S Provisions 7,545,838 7,129,913 Petroleum 4,013,180 4,303,223 Cattle and hogs 0,0S,300 1,009,315 Total $37,092,051 $33,9S0,361 Thus there was an increase last month of over $3,000,000 in the sales abroad of the five most important classes of Ameri can exports. This was due principally to the great expansion in tho shipments of cotton. In all the other items, except provisions, there was a falling off in the mouth, as compared with the same month last year. The artificial maintenance of prices of pork in Chicago at a higher level than would prevail if the law of supply and demand were permitted to bear sway is undoubtedly responsible for the decline in the exports of that product. In the months of April, May, June. July and August, taken together, the aggre gate imports exceeded exports to the ex tent of about $62,236,000, or an average of nearly $12,000,000 a month. In Sep tember, however, it now seem3 probable that exports once more exceeded imports. Notwithstanding the fact that the coun try in the five months named bronght abroad more merchandise than it sold, it imported nearly $4,000,000 in specie more than it exported. This proves that foreign investments in American indus trial enterprises have been heavy in the past few raonths. Globe Democrat. Uncle Sam After the White Caps. From the Indianapolis Journal. There is rumor that the depredations of the "White Caps" of Southern Indiana will be brought before the Federal Grand Jury, which convened on Monday. All efforts to convict the outlaws at their homes have proved futile for the reason that in nearly all the countries where they operate they have control of the courts, and it is well known that during tho last month an effort has been made to get the cases in the United States court. Gov. Gray and District Attorney Seilers were recently in consultation about the pro posed investigation, and the governor, in the strongest terms, urged that the Federal court take up the cases if there was any section of the law under which it could be done. Statutes were careful ly examined by the two, and an old sec tion was found providing for the punish ment of Klu Klux, in the south under which it is believed the outlaws can be trkd. If any doubt should arise about the constitutionality of that section, there are other sections covering the cases of the "White Caps," and there seems to be no doubt about the Federal government having the power to administer law in the case. The law-abiding people in the counties where the depredations have been most frequent arc anxious that the Federal court should give them protec tion, and have volunteered to give the district attorney all the assistance in their power, both in securing evidence for in dictments and conviction. The Federal officials have nothing to say about what will be don?, but there is ground for be lief that witnesses from tho complaining counties will be summoned to appear be fore the grand jury next week. ( Kudcntu of tlia Traitllic IublIo. Tho otber day at dinner tk corritka turned upon tho selfish ruduMaaef a portiou of tho traveling rub!ic. Ohu cf tho persons at the table related thw incident: Some months. ago the pnssciigt-pj on a night Lr&iu on a branch railroad troro Lept awake by the loud and incessant conversation indulged in by two men Bifiinrr at one end cf the car. There were no sleejiinj; ears attached to llio train, and one cf tha ireii in tho course of their wearisome bnbhlo remarked: "It seems to mo that a rend which doesn't furnish sleepers ought at f:t to lib up their cars with head rests, such as voir ilnu on some of tho eastern roads." Whereupon a voice at the other end of the car replied: "Headrests wouldn't help much in this car so long at tboso two men down at tho other end keep on talking." The passengers roared with de light, and one of the two offenders bristled up and declared he"d talk ja,t us much us Le pleased, but pretty rooit quiet reigned. The passenger who no neatly administered the needed reproof was Edwurd Everett Hale. New York Tribune. Maufucturo of Itrusscls I..ice. . Brussels lace is celebrated ail over tho world, and we must not fail to visit one of the places where this beautiful and costly laco is made. Here wo see a number of women, very quiet, very neatly dressed, and in some cases with wonderfully delicate and soft look ing hands, although they are all plain work ingwomen. Each vj Lu?y fashioning the deli cate pattern of a piece of lace, and it is said that each women lias a pattern of her own, which she always makes, and whieb, perhaps, descended to her from her mother and grand mother. Some of tho wouin are working on cushions, with pins and bobbins, and some aro using needles and the Gust and mott deli cate of thread. Vo are told that this thread 13 all made by hand, and it is so delicate th.it it has to be spun iu damp cellars, because iu the dry upper air it would break before it la finished. There are old women in Brussels who have spent nearly all their lives spinning in cellars. Frank it. Stockton in Bt. Nicholas. Nature's Seed Seirlnj. The woody melon-shaped fruit of tho sand box tree of the West Indies is niado into a neat box by &awh;g off the top and scooping out tho seeds and is used in Barbadoes for holding sand. When, however, the fruit is allowed to ripen on the tree, it bursts ex plosively, scattering the seeds over the ground. An experimenting naturalist rectntly sought to preserve a t-peeinien of the fruit by drying carefully, but it exploded with such violence a3 to dost r.y the box containing it. Arkansaw Traveler. New rrcneli Coinage. Tho new French ccSaago is being carefully designed in hopes that parliament will sanc tion tho alteration directly the chambers re assemble. Nickel will definitively replace bronzo, and every coin will show the amount of its value in large, distinct figures on either side. Tho obverse will bear the effigy of tho republic with the date, and on tho reverse will Ix) the national motto: "Liberty, Equal ity, Fraternity." Foreign Letter. Doctors iu the KuKsiau Army According to The I'ravitelstvennyi Vestnik the Russian army has 2,S0S surgeons, S2 veterinary surgeons, and 3,4.w feldshers (medical assistants). The strength of tho Rus sian army on a peace footing is said to be about 800,009, so that the allowance is about one surgeon to every 200 men. Public Opin ion. She Ain't limit that Way "I see by tho paper," said Scruggs, "at least by a headline, that a woman shot at Coney Island." "Well," said lluggs, "I'll venture to say, from what I know of the sex's marksmanship, that she didn't bit it." Philadelphia Times. jfe Is one Ion? waiting time, , Bo tho learned poets tell; All things come to him who warts At a popular hotel. -Sid BitSL Opinioncfa Leading Editor. Almost all the diseases that afflict us from infancy to old age have their origin in a disordered liver. A really good liver medicine is the most important in the whole range of pharmacy. We be lieve Simmon9 Liver Regulator to be the best among them all. "We pin our faith upon the Regulator, and if we could per suade every reader who is in ill health to buy it, we would willingly vouch for the benefit each would receive. Ed. Cincinnati Gazette. PETROLEUM V. HA3QY Says, "Intirnit acquaintance with a tru frend always increases our respeckt fur that frend." This is the reason why Synvita Blocks continue to make fiiends as their virtues become better known. Clergymen, pub lic speakers, and people iu all the avenues of life are a unit in their praise of that wonderful new remedy, Snv!ta Cough Blocks. They arc warranted to cure Coughs Colds, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, TicklV-gin the Throat, Sore Threat andCrcup; 25 doses 25 cents. Hundn.us bear testimony to the remarkable cures of Diairh' Dys entary' Flux, Cholera Infantum, or Sum mer Complaint and Cholera Morbus, effected by Synvita Blackberry Blocks; 25 doses, 25 cents. We have etacks f testimonials from mothers, who, after dosing their children with frtrong medi cines for other supposed diseases, have completely cured them by using Synvita Worm Blocks; '2 do?rs, 25 cents. After you have tried all tho high-priced bottle remedies and have found no relief, buy a package of Synvita Kidney, Llood and j Liyer Blocks and be cured; 50 doses, 50 cents. If you want the finest tonic Bit ters in the market, buy a package of Syn vait Bitters Blocks for 21 cents, and make from i to 1 gallon of pure tonic bitters All these remedies only one ceut a dose. n box. no tea.-ns-on. no sticky bottle. Put up in pate:it packages. Warranted j to euro or money refunded. Sold by druggists everywhere. Get a checker board of your dealer free. Send your address on a postal card for a copy of "The Synvita Blx-li,'" which contains a history of eliscrso' nni cures, or send 1 cent stamp for sample and a co;v of TJie cr Cough Block Synvita Block. Address, The Synvita Co.. Delphos, Ohio. . Lock Box 29P, ; Jonathan ii.viv PORK PACKERS asuucauiis in UUTTF.R AND LUGS. i -tA' r -c-CTrtv.rT.I'T a TVT 3 H XT Hi1 A V. THE brst Tin: MARKKT Sunar Cured Meals, Hams, Bacon, Lard, ot our own make. Thu best brands Y. IIOLLSALR uJtm mJLm SET! VOll ALL . FURNITURE EMPOBIOf! n,,M iniiif iw i mmii im hmi i i "ii if-rr miiw twmfiwwrw a f j Parlors, jBcdrooms, Oitiism'-i'ooms. SLitcliezis, Ef allivays GO TO Where a rnaniGcL'iit abound. UNDERTAKING AND E jfS&i '-y CORNER MAIN AND SIXTH 8 L fit - 31 (SL0C1S.SOK TO Vr ill ktc; con(tai:!!y hvr.d i iS I ran Wall I'n per- and DRUGGIST'S STJiTIOXDEIIS. PURE LIQUORS, Legs! riotics. In tlis Iuti'.e fl'.strirt court f Cass co'it'', Xob. Mattcrof lUc e$UUe ol William O'Neill Order to Oioit aue wliy esta. si '.I'll not be xrii.it e iicecse to Sf.il re-al :1 aijnr tk petition of .John JfkrIoi:r vOminlf - t rat or of th tntn of W;l!!:nn 0'N-i:l decf ed. representing jur.oug o'.ht-r tliiis t.'it naiil decc;s.'t flir-.i feivd of crt.2 renl ot;ti therein described bU that it. is ntc-ao sell t!ic 5?.c to pay the debt f .i.l.Je f -ikmI snd prRTi:gfrliccs!5o p?H the ; umi :t ;ijporlD? to tht court UK-it i: Is vf.:etniy to sell said real estat" for Hint i;.-y-S". It is ordered that all i.erii.s iiiTt-'.fd In nxid estate & and appear at th e?5-e. l th clerk of the district court Ui 5nU fe r I'a-.s coun ty, on the S-iturdar, itfth day i f N;v-'nbr A. I). 187. at 1 o'cloct i. im. tar'H and there t sliow cruise if ay, T-!ii licrr.'." te -ea trio c : half ot th Saul he.t quarter of "-' t- mnet-i-u m toTrn.ihip tw'.v. enrth o rAuge fo!inea i ".. county, Xcbnska, s'loulj i:t I I'kh- to said adv.iai'-trator ;m i that eory f if:! order shall pubii.hcd in th( l"l iff -iuoiu:' VVKjII-ily IIkhalo. a u.-.vft-ai:-r p'-.L.':: i-d acd 1" t;er.!?rl clrcf.Uf.ca i;i " aid i':- c :.a Nebraska, for four success:', e v. stkly pi.bii.... tioi'S. Iated October iot.li, is -.7, a; I'latiswout;:, Nefcraska. fAMrr.i. Xi . '. iAPr .?". Jude Of !!'" i!!M.:tt o of Ca?.i eoarity . t-b:';r;:. C. C. Wraan r jLtl'y for Ad::iin:s!iv.t-jr. Cl'.v4 Tk tatt ani imrt KfEe'Jy for Caro ctj all d iaat an?d by any dersr;cKieat of tie LlTr, KUneys, Sicaiaci aail Bowels. Dyvpapcla, Siek HtAe, Coniilialion.J Billou Cob plain t ui SUla: hi cf ail k iud'-! yield rdiJy ttho lewSsstit inSaeEce j i ;v i & Si Q & - hi M -x r: It li plMct to tko U-nti, tones n? tic yttcB, rtora tad prry3 health. It I purely Yjrethie, snd asnoi fail to proT iCoha, fco.l t aa l vcrni. QXt Blood PnrJfcerit 1c wpfr.'orto a'.? othtr. old Trr:ier tt t!.CK a little. 3 I S m M ALT HIS. '-r r affords always on hand. xC. of OY5TKRS. in cans uml bull-:, a AND HLTA1L. 11 11 A wci nu.iu.Yd BEDB908T SET I CLACKS OF- foi: nml Offices, :1 of Goods and Fair .1 Vices FSB ALBINO A SPECIALTY tys PLATThMOUTU, NEBRASKA ij 3 J. 21. OHL'.JTiS e.'iU. 3 moo in q in 9 5 S i i t s ? S3 Full L,Ihl Srrd one do'.lar in ourrfnev. '.riMisf uu:.ry wt.rn, aint try ;t ,w'r of .,ur I :."!.? for . !i'-u!!'!'.r .:.! ;-t cuiati-m. Tb-y iU- in-t p.;w( ri: ill world. 1',:: vr.ii.-r f the v..4 and r-Ta!:7.at ie.:s in ',:.,- in.:!it:ies"" l ii.K ! in in Hi. '-.- i,i i,iv ivtuii. mad ir. oi t-r''e. Srrvi ni:r -..ibirf-j fr :.' ; art -tr" in .il;-:'.i Tr-at:net .:!.: : of shoe !-' atactic ! Pvl cir i ni'ide in liiii., lifn -t c r piit i: reee:it ev ! ul Mcdl ... Write 'iit'toniu f.i wit h i or linis ':ebiiny, ' dis-citiis- !!!'. - f'; 1 lift' t ii-ii of .111. ,i-i; O ir y. i'.i poMi i ei .rvfjjis '''! lis of !!:.; k o:: i!:!;i;'- v r.- p.-.f. f.ii,:i:: torpi 1 i 'i .1 . 1 n - ii': lo It's. rr. . i .'.-Tieeiio i 1-y re- ttuauro .- circu- In- 'SlOIlic v or ;;ai. l Ti-i !. Ol i..o:i'.-j iea '.'.;:Krit 1 V-M U: A J'l'i J .. : in i . 1 i j: ,'f. III. ARBUGKLES' nsme on a package of COFFEE is a STuarantee of excollecc. ARS0SA COjjEE i3 kept in all first-clasa stores from the Atlantic to tho Pcif c. COFFEE is never good when exposed to the ahJ : Always buy this brand in hermetically ' sealed ON2 POUND PACIIAaES." FiHST PRIZE HEREFGS3 BESS t the grefct Pt.TxiuIt Fair. l'.healeJ by VaHTOT3 by fir R;chanl ;D1. 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