toS&RALD: PLATTSMOQTfl. NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 4, 1890
, s C0DE5S
" Don't ask me to mend it. Take
t back and get a 5."
FrlCc Get from your dealer free, tin?
$ U-ok. It Ints handsome; pictures iuid
valuable information about horsts.
Two or three dollars for a sa 1 Tors':
lil.mket will make your horse worth more
and eat Ic?3 to keep warm.
5A Five friiie
5A Boss Stable
Ask for ( cr.i ETir.:n
Or-t 1-1 CO LI iU
5A Extra Test
30 oilier 6tyles at prices to suit every
body. If you can't get Ihera lroiu your
tcaler, write us.
ARE THE STRONGEST.
NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THE 5'A LABEL
Eaaurd by Wm. Atrm A Sons, Phllada. who
IQ30 tne famous Horse Brand Baler blanket
The census office annouuees that the
final revision of the count places the
population of the United States at 62,
722,250.
W. S. Elliott has resurrected the
Greenwood Gazette and starts out with
an initial number this week that is all
right. Wc wish him success.
The county commissioners will meet
next Monday, and it is expected that
they will advertise for plans for the new
court house and will take some action as
to where it will be located.
. ri
The democrats have alwava furnished
gratuitously the ammunition with which
they have been sent into hasty retirement.
For the next two years republicans only
hare to watch and wait to see history re
peat itself, as it invariably does.
Axothek day has come and gone, yet
the court house site is still unsettled.
Some of the slick boomers however are
losing no time in trying to have the
location made where it will help out
certain property1 owners at the expense of
the business public.
The Lincolnites are trying to get up a
health resort boom by talking of turning
their mosquito swamps wept of that town,
after skimming off the green skum into
lakes, with sanatorium in the back
ground. What the ordinary Lincoln
citizen wont think of to boom his town
Is unworthy of mention.
Thb Lincoln Journal says: If that
distinguished Nebraskan, Buffalo Bill,
does not emerge front the tumult in the
Eioux nation with a new wildwcst show
In which the ghost dance is a conspicu
ous feature, it will only be because of a
life of luxury in European capitals. In
the days when lie breathed western Ne
brafika ozone he would never allow such
an opportunity to go unimproyed.
The friend 3 of Grovcr Cleveland, other
wise known as the Claimant, are search
ing in vain for evidence that New York
Is sure to go democratic in 1S!2. A little
f5c;'jr?p;r fhows that while the bourbons
cui.icl tliite by a aerial vo majority
at the last election, thn total vote is less
by 3,10.000 than in 1883. This i signifi
cant. The democrats did not .remain at
home to that extent, surely.- Ex.
A sale of old stud in the New York
custom house brings to light the fact
that 10,000 Cleveland badgen were
made in England and shipped to this
country to help the Claimant on his way
to the White House. Whether the goods
were a pn-stnt from his admirers to the
democracy or this country or the order
was placed in England iu accordance
with the usual democratic tactics is not
known. It is a fact, however, that the
badges came across, and that they bore
the name of Grover Cleveland in big
gold letters. State Journal.
The of5ci.il statement of Canada's
trade for the past year shows that she
imported more from the United States
than from Great Biiti&r.. From the
aboye fact it would be very difficult to
extract a reason for believing that pro
tection is a hindraace to our export
trade a was asserted so positively by Sir.
Rryan. There are a great many facts,
however, in the practical science of rov
cn;n: nt that explodes the sophistries of
fe trade faster than they can b ad--$nced,
to any one tyho car?s to see or
BLANKETS
8ome of our dcmocralr contemporaries
arc ho a ling for free hilver in one column
while in tin; next they t-nthusiasticidly
point out Grover Cleveland as the im
maculate one that is to suve the country
from the impending ru n of republican
rule. While the fact is patent that Mr.
('!; v- laiwl is th't strongest opponent free
silver has among the active politicians of
New Yf-rk, that he has both written and
Mioketi vi-'oioU'-lv at t the measure.
e are led to enquire what ails the. west
ern democratic press? Are they liypo-i-i
ite-. li ving to deceive their followers,
oi sii.ill we ertdit tlnia with base ignor
uiee'f Tout it i.i one or the other, no
s un; 1 1 1 a 1 1 ( ;in 1 1 1 V .
Cokcukss met yesterday to finish the
wm k of the year so auspiciously begun
The newly elected meniliel s. do I ot take
their .serts until after th.: 4th J M uch,
I. nee the politic il status of th.T House
an I Senate will rcni:tin unchanged until
tiint time. Several inatteis of public
interest will oc:u y tlio time of what is
'.died the short se-siou. The fust prob
ably to be acted uik.ii will be the new
apportionment measure, ;un abstract of
which was printed in yesterday's
Herald. The Lodge election bill will
:il-io be resurrected, together with several
other measures of lesser importance.
1$ th branches of the national legislature
have a safe working republican majority
which means that there will be more ac
complished in the next three months than
in the following six.
MRS.
BEECHER'S
CBS.
REMINISCEN-
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher's "Reminis
cences" of her late husband, which she
is now writing, has been purchased by
the Ladies' Home Journal, of Philadel
phia, and the articles will shortly begin
in that periodical. The series will have
for its titlo "Mr. Beecher as I Knew
Him," and will cover the entire period
of his fifty-seven years of married life,
from young Beecher's first acquaintance
with his wife, his college life, their
courtship and marriage, his first public
speech, the first year of married life with
an income of $300, and so all through
the great preacher's life until his later
triumphs, his last sickness and days, and
his death.
Fkom a brief outline given of the
forthcoming Secretary of the Treasury's
report we are impressed with the idea of
the great importance of that office to the
commercial welfare of the country, and
Mr. Windom has given as little cause for
just criticism as any secretary we have
ever had.
One of the measures most likely to be
come a law, is the so-called immigration
bill, introduced by Mr. Lodge, of Massa
chusetts. Tua first section of the bill
excludes from the United States any
person who is obnoxious in any way tc
the exisiting laws of the United States,
including what is known as the "alien
contract labor" law. The main point,
however, of the proposed bill is in the
succeeding sections, which require every
immigrant shall obtain a certificate from
some consul or diplomatic representative
of the United States and that without
such certificates be cannot land in this
country. The certificate thus required
certifies that the bolder is a persoa of
good character, not obnoxious to any
law of the United States, 6elf-supported,
not assisted by charity or otherwise to
emigrate, and able to read and write his
native language, and to read the Con
stitution of the United States either in
his native language or in English. To
this consular certificate the law requires
that a medical certificate testifying to
the physical .and mental soundness of the
holder be appended. These certificates
are to be verified and examined by the
port officers of the United States by
whom they shall be copied and after in
dorsement returned to the holder. Any
alien who arrives in the country after the
passage of this law will be required when
he applies for naturalization to present
this consular certificate indorsed by the
port officers or a certified copy. This
provision, of ceurse, is intended to pro
t -ct the honest immigrant and to prevent
j rsons who have evaded the law and
ntered the country fraudulently or illt
gally, from benefiting by their fraud.
Consuls and diplomatic representatives
are not permitted by this bill to issue
certificates except on due proof of all the
facts certified. Except a small fee for
certification no tax is imposed upon the
immigrant, but the railroad, steamship,
and other transportation companies are
required to pay $5 for each immigrant
landed in order to provide a fund for
the execution of the law. Any of these
companies which lands or attempts to
land immigrants in violation of the act,
is required to return such persons to the
country from which they carae, and is
also subject to a heavy fine for each in
fraction of the law.
The purpose of the bill is two-fold.
It is intended first to regulate the immi
gratioa, and second, to restrict it by ex
cluding all undesirable persons. It seeks
to shut out the diseased, the paupers,
those liable to become a public charge,
and the illiterate as well as those who,
as airs ad y provided by law, are hostile t
-rTli.,1oVc:0WlIEN WAS IT DliLT?:' Vallery's Meat Markei;
s. With thn object the ccr- J .
the governme
United Stati
tifieate is made thorough and definite in
its requirements. The law is intended
to exclude no honett immigrant who is
redly desirous of hvcotn'.ng in good faith
an inhabitant and citizen of the United
Slates, but to shut out those who -sue
not desirable peis nis and whose coining
causes au unfair competition in tin- la
bor market and a cou-enueiit reduction
ot wages, and who ale not beneficial to
the c itl.-nship of the United St tte-
The bill is framed to secure a rigid en
foi cement of its provisions.
OUR-POPULATION.
Th . population of the United States
excluding Alaska and the white popula
tion oi the: Indian Territory, as vrilied
by th..-Census Bureau, is 2,ti2L',2rn, an
increase, ns compared with the prelimi
nary bulletin issue. I October 2S, lMK), of
1 11,710 The verified official returns of
the several states and territories in lN'JO
as compared with the returns of K0 and
1870, art; shown in the following
Fop. I'op,
tame:
I'op,
1S70
38,5.-,s.371
12,298,720
620.915
."18,300
335 551
1,157,331
217,353
537,454
4.3s2.75!
9. Hi, 09.3
3.521,951
5.853,610
125 015
780 894
131,700
1.225,103
412 014
1,071.301
705.G0O
1,184,109
If 7 7 IS
13 9sl.Hl
2,G0S 200
1,S0.037
2.539.891
1,184.059
1.084.670
439,70 i
1,194,020
1.721,295
14 181
122 993
304,399
6 494.410
1,321,011
1 208,520
996,992
827,322
720 915
818.519
48M71
990.510
20,595
9,118
39,865
91,874
9,058
S6.786
42,491
14.999
23,955
99.023
5(.a.247
3t ales and Ter. ls:o
ISr.O
50.155.783
11,507 407
618,93
340,991
332 280
1,783.085
276.531
' 622,700
5,082.871
1,131,1 ir.
4,282.831
7,397,197
14.G.WI8
934.913
177,621
1 512,505
618 hM
1.39J.750
995,577
1,542.180
2-9.4')3
17,301,111
3,198 002
1,978.391
3,677,871
1,036.939
1,319'W7
780,773
1,624,615
2,los,:o
36,969
98,2
452.402
995.097
8.919,371
1.618.690
1. 542.357
1,262.5.
1,131,597
939,94-J
1.591,749
802,525
2,767,697
S.1,759
20,789
194.327
110,565
40,440
143,963
62 206
31.610
75.116
174,767
861,094
The U. S...
N. At. Ihv.
Maine
N. 11
Vt ...
M;uss
It. I
Conn
...62,.'2.2-".0
.. .17.40 l.ti 15
IMil.OHti
... 3:t;..'i:!0
... .-32,4J2
. . . 2,2:ts,)43
. . . 345.500
. . . 7 -Mi.257
N. Y 5,9:7.S53
X. J 1.444 .'.53
I'a 5.258.014
S. At. Div 8,857.02:1
el 18 4'Ji
Md 1.01.1,330
D. 0 230.392
Va 1.055 yfjO
w. Va 7G2."yl
N. C 1,(17,917
S. C 1.151,149
Ga 1 837'353
Ha .-'J8,i::2
N, Cent. Div . .. .22,202.279
Ohio 3,672.31t:
Ind 2,l:2,404
111 3,82(1.351
Miell 2.003.88!)
Wis 1.GSG.880
Minn 1.30l,s2;
la l,91l,fsii
Mo 2,67U,1SI
V. laU 182,710
S. ".'ak 32S.808
Ncbr 1,' 50,910
Kas 1.427.0-I9
S. Cent. Div 10.972,898
Ky 1.808.G3S
term 1.767.318
Ala.. 1,513,017
Miss 1,289,6 0
La 1.113,587
rexT.' 2,235,523
iklahoma 61,834
Ark 1 128.179
W. Div 3 07,813
Mont 131,159
Wyo 60.703
Colo
N. M
Ari
U all
Nev
Idaho
Wash
Ore
Cal
412,193
153,593
59,620
207,905
45.7C1
84,385
S49.390
313,767
1,208,180
THE APPORTIONMENT BILL.
X. Y. Tribune.
Chairman Dunnell, of the House Com
mittee on the census, who will have
charge of the Apportionment bill in
that body, has arrived at Washington,
and is studying the official returns of
the population with a view to making
such changes ns may be found necess try
in. the bill offered byhim on September
10, which was plainly based on unofficial
estimates. At that time the complete
returns of less than one-fourth of the
states had been received, and only the
first count of those had been completed,
Chairman Dunnell expresses the opinion
that the membership of the House of
Representatives under the new appor
tionment will be not less than 350, and
he purposes to reduce the ratio so as to
obtain that number. He says that many
leading men favor a still larger number,
some preferring 3G3 and others 400. He
added:
' I am quite certain that we will not
stay at 332. Nearly all the states are
asking for more congressmen, and no
member wants the -number of his con
stituents increased. He has enough now
to look after. I do not see why we
should not have 600 or 700 members,
like the English House, and I believe
the younger generation will live to see
that number."
Respecting the accusation that his bill
ie unfair or partisan, Mr. Dunnell said:
"It is not my fault, but rather Virgin
ia's misfortune. If the total membership
of the House should be fixed at 352. an
incrcass of twenty over the present mem
bership, with an average ratio of 176,364,
seventeen states would gain representa
tion as follows: Alabama, 1; Arkansas,
1; California, 1; Colorado, 1; Illinois, 1;
Kansas, 1; Michigan, 1; MinnMesota, 2;
Missouri, 1; Massachusetts, 1; Nebraska,
8; New Jersey, 1; Oregon, 1; Pennsyl
vania. 2; Texas. 2; Washington, 1; Wis
consin, 1. Total 23. Two states, In
diana and Virginia, would each lose ne
representative.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
Wfcre Bab?- ws aiek, w gave er Caotoria.
VW ah -was aCbffd, eriod for Castona.
i XOmk, rib inj to Carton.
i 5 fUarts te rT Cicjn Onjtorlft.
Tliats What Few People Can Auswer
A hull l Hit; Court House.
A in-Lit OI TlllKIlOKIAL UMES.
A Few Pointors to the Citizens
Pluttsmouth Retfartiintr the
Now $bO,OU(l Court
House
of
Fio.n M.i.'ulay's D.ulj.
We reprint this article from our issue
of April 2, lNS'J, by reque-t:
"Say can you tell me when the build
ing occupied for a court house was built c"
was the question put to the scribo yester
day morning, and one he answered in
the negative, but with a promise to find
out. He made a round of Main street
and asked every man that came here be
tweeu the fifties and seventies the same
questior, and there were a good number
of them, too, but none could tell the
exact year of the erection of that terri
torial structure, and then a search was
ui'ute ol the county records lor light on
the subject. The" geuial county clerk
was called upon for information, and
diving into tlr; over -crowded record
boxes produced the ;r t document of
Cass county's court not..- history, which,
with the cuininissio.-,. i - records, with
reference to that duciancnt, was all that
an hour's woik revealed. The docu
ment bore the date of May 20, 1858, and
was a contract with the county commis
sioners of Cass county, Nebraska Terri
tory, as parties of the first part, and
Eugene 1'. Beruardin as party of the
second part. Desirous of erecting a
county court house and becoming per
inaut-utly the seat of county legislation,
Plattsmouth city had at that time, dona
ted to the county, fifty lots, for the
county to dispose of in erecting county
buildings. This contract produced yes
terday, disposed of thirty four of these
lots to Bernardin in exchange for acouit
house to be erected by him as follows:
Court house to be 40x60 feet, foundation
3 feet thick and 3 feet de pin the ground
of good stone and surlace stone to have
well dressed surface. Other than the
foundation the building, was to be brick.
The first Hour to haye five apartments,
partition wail 12 inches and outside wall
2ieetthick; th..- upstairs to contain a
court rooai nnd other apartments.
The seats, vaults und desk furnishings
were to be supplied by the contractor
and to be of good oak, etc., end out and
out the building was to be strictly first
class. The site selected for its erection
was the present public square between
Fourth and Fifth and Granite and Mar
ble streets. Mr. Bernardin was giyen
till December 2, 1859 in which to erect
the building, and by June 1859 had the
building inclosed except the windowo
doors and shingles. The contractor
then run out of funds and sold lot eight
block thirty back to the commissioners
for $300 in county bends, to get money
to place the windows and Bhingles etc.
During this delay sometime in Au
gust 1859 there came a teriffic wind
storm, accompanied with hail and rain
and completely demolished the incom
plete court house and with that all hope
for a court house failed. The walls of
the building were heavy enough, had
they been built substantially, to have
withstood the storm.but Bernard in had
traded the lots lor material, etc., and to
be saving with brick stuck in twice as
much mortar as should have been used
and when the top was blown off the
building gave way completely. The
thirty four lots.part of which were deeded
to Bernardin, were valued all together
at 10,550. After the destruction of the
court heusa Bernardin and the commis
sioners had a settlement. In the transfer
to Bernardin some of the lots were valued
as follows, lot 8, block 30 (the present
court house site) $800, lot 8, block 27,
$400; lot 8, block 22, $100. The greatest
value of any lot was $300, and that lot
was sold back to the county for a $300
loan. The lowest value was $100. The
brick which were good that were left of
the ruins were sold to the Catholics and
a church building erected on Granite
and Fifth . streets, now owned by Mr.
Ballance as a residence.
In 1858 the commissioners were Messrs.
Wm. Young, R. R. Davis, and Jacob
Vallery; J. N. Wise, county clerk. Octo
ber 24, 1858, D. H. Wheeler was elected
by the commissioners to the county clerk
ship, and Geo. Mayfield suceeded Mr.
Vallery the next year as commissioner.
In 1861 B. Spurlock was elected county
clerk and Shepherd Duke treasurer,
which position each man held eight years.
The commissioners' records shaw present
court house was erected in 1863, that is
the main building. Seyeral years after
ward the wing, or clerki office was
added. The building was built under
contract let to E. P. Bernardin in the
spring, payments to be made when com
pleted, in one-third cash, one-third terri
torial and one-third county warrants.
The contract was let to Bernardin on a
bid; it was also doubtless done as a
matter of economy. J. G. Hayes and E.
W. Kennedy are two worthy old citizens
who at that time were active and did
' masonry work on the building.
105 S 0th st.. Union Block, formerly
415 Main street.
A Splendid Market, wher Kveiyllm,
kept 1H First (la.. W'e niii! to
pleas:, Mul solicit the Patron
:.',(; of til.- l'oblii .
THE CHOICKST STEAKS,
EXOKI.LEN'I ROASTS.
THE SWEETEST CUTS.
FINEST CUUKi) MEATS,
li.aii'. h i im-:' t'l.Lieu
1 11 i-:''
i:ami.
I S
By fail and 1 dealing I expect
met it a si:i! e oi' lie t : ade.
i:;i I in. . R. VALLERY. I'mp
Petersen
o
Larson
iSucoesvu l Wliilin Vtlie.lie,,
DiCA DKlt.i IN -
(iroccrir- mid Provisions
Mi M'.e Krtiii, Opera ll"il-e I''l l.
mi s-i l
.hniw hrph innn;
in their line, both as to
IMtlCU AM) (jUAMT!
teea Fruit;:, Dried Fits
And French Fruits in Their
Season.
FLOUR AND FEED
Always in Stock.
Call and be Satisfied
PLATTSMOUTH. - NEBRASKA
MIKE SIINELLB ACKER.
Wko" and Blacksmith shop.
Wagon, Buggy, Machine and
plow Repairing done
HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY
He uses the
NEVERSLIP HORSESHOE
Which is the best horseshoe for the
f armor, or for fast driving, or for city
purposes ever invented. It is so made
that anyone cr.n put on sharp or flat
corks, as needed for wet and slippery
days, or smooth, dry roads. Call at
b'3 shop and examine the utVEltHMi
and you will use no other.
J. M. SHNEI.LBACKER.
112 North Fifth St. Plattsmouth
JULIUS PEPPERRERG,
MANUFACTURER OF AW
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
DEALER IN THE
Choicest Brands of Cigars,
including oar
Fiords PjjjKaJ'5' aU
TULL. LINK OF
'8 I I
TOBACCO AND SMOKERS' ARTICLE
a: ways in stock. Nov. 24. 18 So.
Lumber Yard
THE OLD RELSAQLE.
WATERMAN
m
Shingles, Lath, Sash,
Can supply everw demand of th-.- city.
Call and get terms. Fourth otrect
in rear of opera house.
HENRY BOECK'S
ta thk nun to but tovk
FUraiTITRE,
Parlorand Bed Room Sets. Mat
tresses, Sofas, Lou. es and
Office Furniture.
CaU ad examo hi itack befrv gaw
elsawaera.
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Wenfern Agiritn.
The 5th St. Merchant TaiLi
Kue(s h 1- till Line of
Foreign & omestic Goods,
OouBiilt Your ini'jri'- i irlvi:i; Klra it ''ill
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Patronnrrc .,1 I'iiblo Solicited.
JOHNSON EUILD'KG, NortH 6tH St.
109 & III W. Ninth St., KANSAS CJTV, MO.
The only Specialist ia the City irh is a Begalar
Graduate ia Medicine. Over 23 years' Eaactice,
12 years in Chicago.
THE OLDEST IN ACE, AND LONCEST LOCATED. .
Authorized fey the Btatfl to treat
J 2 V Chronic, N'ervooa n4 -Spcia! L-is-Jf
T eas-fi," 8miniil Volrne NIGU
J :,4. hLOHKES), Kei'ial Iel)l!ity ttOHS Of
f " " MftU'iL tftvr.nl. riervoa IttnHl.
I 'i I'oinoned Hiood, ClrniHiil Sv-lUnit
f " y rf every kind, and Urinary Iti
V Cures Kuarnntee'l or monxy rf Uinil
Vitimfr Charge low. Tbouiiun'l of caw
enrtrd. Kxperienoe is important. All medirlneitrft
flruaruated to be pnre and eftjic&cloue, being com.
pounded in my perfeci ly aipointd laboratory, anl
are furnlnhed rendy for bm. o ninuinK to drftic
store to hare uncertain prewriptiiMjn f.llod. K
mercury or injoxionfl cbenjicala Ue4. No detentions
from boine. Fatient at a dietaae trted by
letter and express, medicine an tit everywhere free
front (raae or breakare. H'ate your cum and eend.
for term. Conxnluttiua tree aad ooaficWcti&l, pv
oaally or by Uivt.
A 4 rfr nnnif ForBoth8exe,e
illantraxed O J IV sealed in plain envlope
Jot 6c. ia iiimie, Kvfry mul txMa ag f
1 toi&aboald read this book.
tiyr,miil3Llt
THE GREAT TURKISH RHEUMATIC CURE.
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