WEEKLY HERALD : PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, JUNE 26 1890
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PORTER ON FARM DEBTS.
The letter of Mr. Porter iu rmy
to
. SOMETHING NEW. .
' The Patent sA Clipper Fly Net
has meshed bottoms which can
not tangle and lashes at the top
which won't catcli in the harness.
5A Lap Dusters iooJfSfcn
KA Irnneirlno Choat Kmdi Dirt
wrt VHVIUVtf Wi. WW
5A Clipper Fly Nets
ril.a trm HortM
tlUllM.
100 other styles of 3a Horse Sheets and
Fly Nets, at prices to suit everybody. For
are uy ui uemvto. ;vu tu m.vv.
write us.
FLY N ET
CHEAP AND STRONG.
20 Other Rtylea 5-A Nets, prices to suit all
Wi AYBES 4 SONS, PHILADELPHIA.
bold by all dealers.
Tnfi United Mates court at Grand
llapitis i is decided Miut insurance com
iaiiks must pay tlii.- tu:tu i damages sus
t.due.i l iv property iu.r.: ed and the prof
tlmt would accrue n such property as
well.
Tnii Iv arney Hub I'lcii
lit Will 4 ql.iebtiollS to the
iu .iihi i s ot Ke.un.v: "To
unds the fol-
latncrs and
what extent
cl"cs ! i 'M !!( P'!' regm:!e wik ii tiii: sa-
k on 1; ep. r will liq i. r t a minor.
and r av n 1 th publicity of prosecu-
tii :i, -lip ii . t tt; j-. c urt,
cc!:s laiu n i.imseir. py ?t -m:.U hne
aud have every tiling; lovely Does it
r-.-ru'. it- Ur vur Imv. fat.uT and mother
of K inierJ I! so to what extent'"
Tub first locality to mak- complete
rpnsns returns as to ponuiati n was the
- i
r risli of We?t Feliciana. L., the Ugili es
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being 2. loS wiiit-s and l',oti negroes,
as iin-t 2 wnites and 10,.-2 n groes
in l.S.HO. This indicates a decrease of
four per cut in tin- white population
and a i injeas. of seventceu per cent in
tit-' colored popni tioii; but it dues not
expl :iu how said paridi came to uive
ClcVil.md 1 795 votes and Harrison 46 in
Mil. Volt ii ees says that iu paying -?48
f l : a suit of clothing: in this country he
pid more th:in he would have paid
ir. England. If the senator were con-
tti.t to v - av American-made goods hp
cculd have found vi.rv go d suits of
cfothes iu almod any .lace in this coun
try for !(!, and eould hav ! purchased a
good tailor-made uit of American goods
f.-r (ut as a nabob he steks the fine
froo ls made in Europe, which the tariff
dc-aN with as luxuries and imposes a
heavy duty. Ai-iline Chronicle.
The lust step has been tsken in the
sc'.j ol Look trust. It has bought out
t :e Hup.i's, and controls all the school
'.book publication in the United States.
Kf.v vc shall see what we shall see. If
-tii it &ym ie ite undertakes to ut the
j).-:ev of school books beyond the means
of po r pjf'pie; if it t:ek t crush out
v:ch iron hand a publisher who may
hereafter strlye to print books outside the
syndicate, then let it look out for retribu
r?on. Injustice succeeds for awhile
some-times, but the lihtniu is dead sure
t strike it at last. Atichisou Patriot.
j (ieii. IJutler's recent statements with re
j yard to the mortyaye indebtedness of the
j country is timely and valuable. It shows
; very plainly that the amount of bucIi ob
; ligations has been much exaggerated, and
! Unit farm property is not incumbered to
: any such extent as a certain order of
' writers are in the. habit of asserting. Iu
(Jen. IJutk-r's case the evidence of mis
! representation is positive and complete.
' The figures ji veil by him as rcpresentm";
theai;ryate of farm indebtedness arc
( paal to the total assessed value of ayri-
cultural lands in the states to which he
refers. This proves at a glance that his
I statements are unreliable. Eve ry intel-
i ligent person knows that farms are not
mortgaged to their full value in any
state; it is doubtful if the burden any
where exceeds one-fourth or one third of
the value of the property. Mr. Porter
presents official statistics which show
that in Michigan, for instance, the farms
r i,sHfid Rt 335.000.000. and the
mortgages aggregate only $64,000,000.
In Illinois, outside of Chicago and Cook
county, the farm indebtedness is 142'
400,000, and the productive power of the
lands is oyer $200,000,000 per year. The
truth as to other states differs as much,
no doubt, from the reports of statistic
ians like Oen. Butler, as will appear
when the census returns are published.
It is a melancholy fact that many farm
ers owe more than they can conveniently
psy; but the total amount of such in
debtedness is not large enough to war
rant the conclusion that certain ruin is
closely impending. The mortgages will
have to be carried some years longer, but
that does not signify approaching im
poverishment. A few farms will be sold
here and there under decrees of fore
closure; but, as a rule, the creditors are
willing to grant any reasonable indulg
ence. The money borrowed has not been
squandered, but invested, for the most
part, in substantial property. At the
present prices of agricultural products,
the farmer can not make ycry large
profits, but he can make something by
exerci.in proper care and foresight, and
prices are likely to grow better in com
ing years. There is far too much talk
about the alleged poverty and helpless
ness of the farming population. The
facts do not justify so much lamentation.
Where there is one farmer whose condi
tion is hopeless, there are a hundred
others who are doing reasonably well
and will gradually work out of their em
barrassments. Such figures as those pre
sented by Gen. Butler convey an impres
sion of misfortune that does not exist
and never has existed. The farmers have
had a good deal to discourage them; but
so have men in other branches of indus
try and in commerce and manufactures
from time to time. These periods of de
pression are not to be avoided, but they
have their limits. They last only for a
given time, and then are succeeded by 1
seasons of better things. So it will be in
this case. It is mainly a matter of pa
tieDce, frugality and perseverance; and
the American farmer is equal to the
emergency.
Uuited States canvassers, in case there be
a difference in a result reached by the
fctute election officers.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
The republican state convention will
be Lt-ld in the city of Lincolu, Wednes
day, July 2:, 190, at f o'clock p. in.,
for the purpose of placing in nomination
a full state ticket and for the transaction
of such other business as may come be
fore the convention. Cass coun'y is in
titled to twentv-on delegates. These
delegates will be selected at the county
convention which will be held at Weep
ing Water. July 19, 190. This county
convention will also select delegates to
the congressional and float conventions,
and nominate a representative ticket, a
candidate for county attorney and a can
didate for county commissioner of the
second commissioner's district. The
primaries in the precincts aud wards will
beheld July 12 at the following times
and places:
Tipton precinct, seyen delegates, at
Eagle 7:30 p. ni.
Greenwood precinct, eight delegates,
at voting place 7:30 p. m.
Salt Creek precinct, eight delegates, at
Grenwood city 8 p. m .
Stove Creek precinct, nine delegates, at
G. A. R. hall 8 p. m.
Elmwood precinct, seven delegates, at
Center school house 8 p. m.
South Bend precinct, four delegates, at
South Bend 8 p. in.
Weeping Water precinct, six delegates,
at Cascade school house 3 p. m.
Center precinct, seven delegates, at
Manley 8 p. m.
Louisville precinct, seven delegates, at
Louisville S p. m.
Avoca precinct, live delegates, at
Hutchins school house 6 p. m.
Mt. Pleasant precinct, five dclegatis,
at Gilmoie school house 4 p. m.
Eight Mile Grove precinct, five dele
gates, at Heil's school house 7:30 p. m.
Liberty precinct, twelve delegates, at
Union 7:o0 p. m.
Rock Bluffs precinct, seyen delegates,
at,Burger school house S p. m.
Plattsmouth precinct, six delegates, at
Taylor school house 7:30 p. ni.
Plattsmouth city, first ward six dele
gates, at county judge's office 5 to 7 p
in.; Second ward seven delegates, at
ward school house 5 to 7 p. ni.; Third
ward ten delegates, at Richeys' lumber
office 5 to 7 p. m.; Fourth ward nine del
egates, at Skinner & Ritchie's office 5 to
7 p. in.; Fifth ward three delegates, at
fifth ward school house 5 to C p. m.
Weeping Water city, first ward four
delegates, at King's office 8 p. m.; second
ward fiye delegates, at council chamber
8 p. m,; third ward four delegates, at
McDonald's store 8 p. m.
J. W. Thomas, Secretary.
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Wc carry a large line in Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, also Hoots and Shoes.
Call on us and get prices as we guarantee Satisfaction in every case
CARPETS A SPECIALTY,
We have reduced Prices to Make them Move.
J. V. WECKBACH SON,
The free traders of the west hf.yn less
sense than their eastern and southern
1 retheren. When you propose to admit
sugar or rice or oranges free of duty, the
jsouthtrn free trader immediately mounts
Ids car and permits Rome to howl. The
prat democratic leader, Scott, of Penn-
f) :. it distinctly understood
i.... i . . . :s free trade to the
grounaiiugo :ha pit, he expressly re
serves coal from the free list. And so it
ges ou from Dau to Beersheba. The free
trader always demands ample protection
Hie local staple of hw constituency.
Everywhere except in. the west. Here
the free trader howls just as loudly
against the tariff on tin as the South
Carolinian or the Maine democrat. He
hasn't gall enough to bee that a tariff on
tin means the stimulation ol an industry
that will add twenty million mechanics
to the working force of the west to eat
up our surplus grub and build up. cen
ters of trade, and add sixty millions an
nually to the productions of the trans
Missouri region. That is what the trans
fer of our tin factories from Cornwall
to Dakota and Nebraska means. But
the western free trader is a wind bag and
be lacks sand enough for ballast and
that is what ails hiia.-Lincola Journal.
THE NEW ELECTION LAW.
The national election bill as framed by
the house republican house caucus com
mittee, has just been printed. The prin
cipal features of the measure are as fol
lows:
Chief supervisors of elections in judi
cial districts are charged with the execu
tion of the law, which is to apply to fed
eral elections in cities of 20,040 inhabit-
tants or upward, and in entire congress
ional districts exclusive of such cities up
on application to the supervisor of 100
yoters, or in counties or parishes forming
a part of a congres.-ional district upon
application of fifty voters.
The supervisors are Required to make
in towns of 20,000 and upward a
thorough house to house canvass be fore
elections to inform yoters up
on inquiry where and in what box to de
posit their ballots and to scrutinize natu
ralizations. In canvasing the state laws
are to govern, except that all ballots are
to be counted by tens, first by an inspec
tor of elections, and secend by a supervi
sor, the local election officers and the
supervisors ,upon separte tally sheets,
which are to be compared and the result
publicly announced. Ballots deposited
in the wrong box are to be count d. Re
turns are to be made by the supervisors
in duplicate to the clerks of the United
States circuit ceurts and to the chief
supervisors, who is to tabulate and refer
them to the United States board of can
vassers of the congressional vote, which
is to be appointed by the United States
circuit court, and consists of three Chris
tians of the state and persons of good re
pute, not more than two of whom
are to be of ihe' same political
party. The board is to convene on No
vember 15 of each even year, and is to
declare and certify the result of the elec
tion and send one return to the clerk of
the house of representatives, one to the
govenor of the state and one to the pro
per chief supervisor of eleotions.
The clerk of the house i3 to place on
the roll of members elect, the names of
the persona declared elected by the
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE TEXANS.
Texas, settled as it is with emigrants
from every part of the Union and of Eu
rope, presents such a variety of character
among its people that it will be hard to
say what is their most prominent trait.
The personal characteristics which used
rn distinguish them are chansinc. In
according to the price of provisions, m:d
with the ore. timber. &c... convenient
early times their lives as pioneers were
so nam anu traugnt witu cianger mat n
in the country and the demand for iit-n j Last evening unotiiei i- clone r.wcpt
was reported on the inert use. i oyer a poriion of N.-'irak-t -.viplng out
At that date it was estimated that a j two little towns!: as;. -it on and S v ci
furnace with proper management would ! vtr; total loss ,,t" prop-rty i e:-t'mat--d
produce from 800 to lOi'O tons per annum to bo .'ibout 70,000 in th- t v.
at an expense of from to per ton j Several persons i.re i -rtc d ii.j ir
made them grave and even severe, but
now they have become decidedly a- gay
people' pleasure loving and pleasure
seeking. Formerly a rigid plainness and
severity marked their lives and surround
ings. At this day, even in the counties
remote from the centres of population,
their tastes have become more luxurious.
They crave the elegancies and refinements
of life, which is but the natural effect of
the superior facilities for education
which distinguish the state. Yet with
the simplicity has disappeared much of
the hospitality of the
ton. L'nder proper mangement and good
materials, a furnace, in those days, could
clear, at those prices, $10,0u0 per annum.
Times have changed since then
Chicago Journal of Commerce.
From Monday's Daily
This is good corn weather.
Mr. Timothy Clark returned from Chi
cago Saturday evening.
Crops of all kinds through the ?tat' of
Nebraska are looking well.
to vi-.
1 tut
only one seriously
The Blue Ribb-.m c! i
of the Murphy meetings, met yesterdyy
afternoon for the purpose ot adopting a
constitution an I by l iws. It uppcars
that th secretary's views w.-ro not in ac
cord with a niiijoiitv of the members of
the club in the adoption ol sueh. and
I Ii:; tendered his resignation as secretary.
li.v. lj icKner leir mis morning to i e
present at the reunion of their family .i
his parents' hone- in Lincoln. He will
b; j. ined by hi? brother. A. il liuckner,
The city is blooming out in the national
olden time; the I colors this afrernoon. The tournament
warm and unquestioning welcome grows arches are beauties of themselves.
Mt. ;.nd Mrs. Weed, Mr. and Mrs.
Living-ton ;;:;d .Mi; Lou Burgess, were
O.iiah-i visitors todaj .
Judg-- Ramsey issued a license today
P'-riiiit ' ii:g Si'jiou JIau:-; -n to wed Miss
Enuiia Louis - Be au.ueiter.
I
' MissN Hie OTiourk, who has been at
uiitfirovth j t-'ndiiirf school at Atchison, Ivus , return-
; e.'t home Saturday evening.
; Gordon and Joseph Knotts, of Council
! Bluff-, brother of the editor of this paper
! have taken positions in the JJi-.KA.p of
! !i'.-e for the summ-r.
! P. I. ( t.-s has b.-en appointed enumer
; ator for the fourth and fifth wards, vice
j II C. Ritchie, who. owing to sickness, is
; unable to perforin tiie work.
! Elder J. K R'-id held the regular ser-
i vices at the Christian church yesterday
to hi
rarer each day, and the entertainment of
guests is more a matter of calculation or
distant social obligation than a spontan
eous outpouring of hospitable hearts
Yet away off upon the frontier are still
found, here and there, specimens of those
strong, brave early settlers who liye lit
erally with their lives in their hands, es
tablishing themselves far beyond the
outposts of civilization, not knowing at
what time the red men might raid upon
them and lav their homes in ashes.
Sturdy houses those, stockades they
might better be called, built of heavy up
right logs, with thatched or sodded roofs,
houses that are forts as well as homes.
And there is found a rare hospitality
which asks no questions, but entertains
the wayfarer, giving him all that he re
quires and that their store affords "with
out money and without price." From
"Texan Types and Contrasts," by Lee C.
Harby, in Harper's Magazine for July.
AMERICAN PIG IRON IN 1828.
. The quantity of iron manufactured
from native ore a Franklin, Venago
county, Pa., in 1828, was 1000 tons; of
blooms, 200 tons, and of bar iron, 100
tons. The pig was sold at' Pittsburgh,
Wheeling and Steubenville at from $33
to $40 per ton. At Pittsburgh the
blooms brought $100 per ton, and the
bar iron, at the works, $125 to $140 per
ton. In 1829 new furnaces were erected off the schedule.
Owing to increase of business, the B. &
M. lias had to borrow two of the -gines.one
of which went out on the road
this morning.
The condemnation committee have
settled with W. C. Showaltc-r by paying
him his price, $'J,000.
Last night's storm effected the tele
phone wires quite seriously between Asli
land and Lincoln, but Mr. Buzzell re
ports no injury to the local wires.
The frame work of the tournament
arch on Main between oth and 7th street
is completed and one is being erected be
tween 3rd and 4th streets on Main.
The sheriff sold today the eighty acres
of land belonging to the Wm. Sefton
estate, situated one and one-half miles
from Ashland for $3,000 spot cash, John
Kleiser being the purchaser.
3Iiss Van Ness, of Lincoln, will speak
at the tabernacle, Wednesday, June 25th
at 2 p. m. It is the time that the South
Park circle meets and all ladies are in
vited to be present and listen to Miss
Van Ness.
Mr. C. S. Twiss, enumerator of the
third ward, has been suffering with ca
tarrh of the hand for some time, but that
has not so retarded his work of enumer
ating but that he has the work well up
and so systematized as to- make a clean
sweep and not leave a person of his ward
pastor at College Springs, la., at Omaha, i morning ard evening, retumin;
and proceed to Thayer, this state, the j home in O.ndia this morning,
horn - of another brother, I). M. Buckner, j j,t,v Jf,,)n Quisfi )listl,r of the Swedish
pastor at that place, when they will pro j c,urch (,f this city, started tth morning
ceed to Lincoln. m a trj!( t( orn.-tfif, Lincoln and Meade.
The undersigned hereby return their His parishioners will hold a picnic Sun
greatful thanks to the many friends Y,r J day at Ba jerk's Park.
their consolation and assistance ;n the j That hacking cough cuji be so quickly
e-his
hour of our bereavement of a loving and
devoted husband and father, and
pecially to Mr. AV. II. Cushi.ig for
i br-Hutiful floral off ering.
Polly A. Oi.pham and Chilpken.
The adjourned term of the district
court opened this morning in the G. A.
R. Hall, Judge Chapman presiding. The
following are the foreign attorneys in at
tendance; J. H. Ilaldernan, II. I). Travis.
Weeping "Water; E. If. Wooley, O. J.
Webster, Lincoln; F. S. Rockwell.
Louisville; J. C. Watson, Nebraska City;
T. B. Wilson. Ashland. The foreclosure
case of Peterson vs. Burke, was srgued
and submitted. The case of BJack vs.
Black was continued.
cured by Shib h's cure. We guarantee
it. For sab- by F. G. - Fricke and O. II.
Snyder. 1
PERSONAL,
J. P. Young's new sign attracts the at
tention of everybody.
Mrs. L. Dillrmn teturned yesterday
evening from Pekin, III., where she has
been visiting frieuds.
Dr. B. F. Brendal, of Murry, went up
to Omaha to make needed additions to
his drug business.
Mrs. F. B. Seelemire and her lady
friend. Miss Jennie Pfanner went to Om
aha on No. 7 thi9 a. m.
Notice.
State of Xkchask a i
Cit Count y ) '
To all ix-rsons iiitertsSd iii tin- er-tate of Kied-e.-lrk
KiekhoiT. .!: :
Noti'.-- i-i hereby xivi-n ttiat fn tlie Ttli day
of July A. 1) l:. at the li ur of 10 o'clock a.
in. at tbe Couiity Judge's olllee, in Platts
mmith, in county, the petition fvkmg for
the a; j iiitiiient of Louis C Eiekoit as ailmtn
ist ator of said estate. he heard and con
sidered ; at which time acd place all persona
irteiesPMl may api-ar aud show cause if any
thry have, why he should cot be appointed as
puch aiiri.jis;rator
iMted this 10th day of Jute A I). 1K.
B. S. Kamsv.v, County Judjie.
W iusertion .Pine 12. ls:o-3t.
Notice to Creditors.
Statk cr Nki-.ka&ka. i
Cass County. t8
j la t li ei t'tT of the f-tate .I.ihli luhelder. de-
Ceased.
Notice is hereby driven that the ;claiins aud
demanded of all persons esini John Iiiheld
er, dece atd. late ot iaid county and state, will
be leceived. examined and adjusted by the
county court at the court Louse m Platts
mouth. on the lath day ot December, A. D.
Is1), at 10 o'c!oc in tfce forenoou. And that
six months from aud after the 12th day of June
A. L. lsyO is the time limited lor creditors to
present their claims tor examination and al
lowance. Given under my hand, thie 10th day of June
A. D. 1830 B. S.Bamskv.
1st insertion Jane 12, 1330. County Judge'