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OSXIRAL MERCHANDISE
THE DAYLIGHT STORE!
Full Line General Merchandise.
Largest Stock and Lowest Prices.
Call and Satisfy Yourself
JOSEPH V. WECKBACHS
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hare arrived, anl I will continue to sell
Dry Good
si
notions
Dre Goods, Trimmings Etc.. at low k;: pkices than
an other hou?e in the country.
Also a full lino of
Groceries
jiiPPnQwarp
AND
at pric-es to defy com etion.
Ywui-3 Uespettully,
GROCERIES.
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DlALEil I
Groceries, Crockery,
Also Choice Brands of Flour.
Ayent for the German Fire Insurnce Co., Freeport, 111.; German
Firt Insurance Co., Peoria, 111.; Manhattan Life Insurance Co.,
New York.
Western Horse and Cattle Insurance Company,
OF OMAHA.
1'ire Insurance Policies Issued in the English and German Languages
fiteamihip Tickets sold from and to Europe over the Hamburg
American Packet Co., and the !North-German Lloyd. Agents for
, 100,000 acres of land on the Northern Pacific railroad in Dakota.
rice m
la
Ko old stock to wrk olf. The latest patterns A
GLASS AITD CTTIESIFrSW'JLIEIE
FLOUR. FEED AND PROVISIONS.
Tlia Yery Highest Market Pries paid for Country Produc
DREW BUILDING. PLATTSMUOTH.
filou
A X 1
At Wholcsaleand Retail. Cash
paid for all kinds of country
produce.: Call and see me.
OnnoaiteiIBrst, Rational IBank.
PLATTSHODTH HBBED.
1 VlLV. d--lircitJ by carrier any ji. tit of tin
city
rerWeck $ 15
rer Mouili
hrr Year 7 hj
WEEKLY, by instil.
line copy Ax months
tine ct'iy y;ir
UtKisiiTod at t e I'ost Office, i'littl
SLConil v!a.sa mutter.
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loulli, a
Ji:uk Dunn, H-o sporting inuu who
killed Jim Elliott, the prize lighter, a
li'v wi'i-Ki Un in Cliit-ayo, i on iriul
fi niuulu'. ".tli-ihsciioe" is his p!ia.
A Gran 1 Island poiliuasur Uhh been
Hpoiiitcl au 1 Lis uaine is C'harhs L.
Howell. This is the pttu Seth Mobly
had within his grsp a few luouthn ago
but it slipped through hi lingers.
Flos. I'jjii. U. Thompson, who mur
dered Waller Jl. Davis in Kentucky,
recently, is ou trial at IIjto dsbur.
Hon. Dan VoorLe?H is il fending lihu.
Thompson is a member of Congress,
ami the killing is enein!ly supposed to
have been unju.-ti liable, consequently
the trial attracts uuusu ll interest.
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Mil Kkim itppointtd
illi T ot til" CIVII !! ViiT I
I c"-iiJ' ! on ;u'rni! i: . i
clamor .i:-aii.-'t him mm
clerk in li.f ii.-i; i;-
htLll j:piiilte'l t' rii; ''
look out for a rjv il it
covcul Lyman ever hr.d any friends or
acquaiutanccs aiiiong1 tho politicians.
hief e:ui:
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Antony Hies, of North Platte, who
who was advertised by the I3ee, as a
defaulter, a fevf days since, has dis
covered that one Thomas Patterson,
of North Platte, sent the special to the
Bee which contained the libel com
plained of, and has had Mr, Patterson
arrested on a criminal charge of libel.
Evidently tho bad blood which has
flowed through the North Platte circles
for years has got to be drown in open
court.
The organization of a law and order
society is a good Move, and if properly
carried out will be productive of good.
There is no intolerance or fanaticism
about a movement looking to the en
forcement of law iu our muiiicipal af
fairs; let it be aimed at a general up
holding of our laws and the enforce
ment of city ordinances. All good
citizens who have business interests to
care for, property to protect, and lami
lies to guard, can endorse such a move
ment as this.
Secretary Teller has addressed
the following formai note to Brewster,
attorney general, in regard to the claim
of the United States agaiust the Union
Pacific railroad company, which our
readers will notice calls for the com
mencement of proceedings iu court to
settle the matter. Evidently the aoveru-
inent means business iu this matter.
DEPAUT31KNT OF THE INTERIOR, (
Washington. May ll J
The IIonorabe Attorney General
of the United States:
Sir: I have the honor to transmit
herewith a copy of the letters ad
dressed me the It th ult. and tth inst.,
respectively, by the commissioner of
railroads, and tne exbibus accompa
nyinsr the former relating to the
moneys due the United States by the
Union Pacific Hail road company. The
commissioner recom menus that ms
letters and exhibits be transmitted to
you (to be considered with his letters
and txhibits of the 2d of February
last), for the institution of legal pro
ceedings to obtain judgment against
said company for whatever sum may
be found due the United States, and
for a judicial determination of what
are the "net earnings" within the mean
ing of the act of the Tth of May.
1S73. lie find? the sum of ?35,
9S3 to be due the United States from
said company for the year ending the
tlst f December, lf-82. This added
to the sum due the 81st December. '81
(aoi,t:n), makes a total of $1.77.743
due the United States on the 31st
of December, 1882. Before trr.nsinit
tinir to you the papers herewith. I deem
ed it proper to make a formal demand
on the president of said company for
said sum. I inclose herewith a copy of
my letter to him of the 21st ult. making
such demand, and of his reply thereto
of the 1st mat. The views of he com
nuseioner of railroads on Dillon's letter
are expressed in his letter to me of the
8th inst.; copy herewith. Because of a
retusal of the company to accede to
my demand for a settlement of the
sum due, I concur in the recommenda
tion of the commissioner that such ju
dicinl proceedings be instituted to en
force the demand as may iu your judg
ment best pre to project the inter'"5!
of the United States. Very respectful
ly, H. M. Tkllek. Secretary.
lions
from
we
the
have heard tima and again
good people up in that
country, we are inclined to the opin
ion a little reconstructing at horn (in
that uMtiict) would save a good deal
of unnecessary and uncalled for scan
dal abroad especially as these com
plaints all, or nearly all, seem to be lo
calized in that particular territory.
The JIeuald may be pardoned for sug
gesting to these gentlemen, who are
writing these abusive articles, that a
little self examination would Jnot be
a nibs ia this matter. It is always a
pretty good idea to know that one's
own household is in order before un
dertaking to reconstruct our neighbors.
Curtis'
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REFORM HOB3ISTC.
It is amusing and instructive to no
tice the bareback performers in the
great circus of American politics; we
mean the fellows who ride the hob'.y
horses, for the entertainment of the
amusement seekers under the dilForcut
party canvasses. Geo. William Cur-
tie, of Harper's Wceklcy, has proved
himself, perhaps, as great a clown, and
awkward a tumbler, as can be lounil
among the great multitude of per
formers, lleform is Mr.
str' i'g suit, strong i. h?
lmMy that no i;;:ui can !'
' t j ! i : r- ;. to J;-; j.? !io:.'d ' t-i
'l"r.- i:iv!; iiiii.ii ::.;.y l. rih'
'.-..: :!,ii-- ail that Mr. Cm ti' j -;
It-:- :i;iv i-, -1 iroM t he tMiJO fi il .-CJ V il"."
prayer b'.ok, bit in the. .-wine pe. dr-'-p
his i.ickie into the same coii'ribuiion
box, part his hair in the middle, assent
to the same creed, and swallow exactly
the eamc confession ot faith; but if,
anywhere, at any time, during hi past
life George William discovers, this
brother, lu full fellowship, has been
friendly with any of the party leaders
who have become distasteful to Mr.
Curtise, the man's blood is attained,
and his doom is sealed, nothing can
attone for this error, however early it
may have been in the unfortunate's ex
istence, or however trivial iu its nature.
George William will hava wme of
him.
The latest and best evider.ee of this
ictollerant spirit, which Las sent
martyers and witches to the stake and
dumping hoard, is the cage of the chief
civil service examiner, Mr. Keint, from
Pennsylvania, a man chosen by the
board of civil service examiners as a
sort of head tutor iu the civil service
seminary at Washington, on account of
his peculiar fitness, he (Mr. Keim)
beinir an ambitious expert himself, in
the ring with the civil service co!t.
Mr. Keim is an editor of a reform paper,
he has written and worked ior a prac
tical bill upon this subject that would
cure the many manifest wrongs of our
public service, and he is all right, until
Mr. Curtise discovered he wa3 once, in
days gone bye, the friend of the Cam
eron? in Pennsylvania, that set; led it,
and Mr. Curtise sass he never, "or
hardly ever,' will be happy again. In
his opposition to this appointment, Mr
Curtise advertises himself as a creature
controlled entirely by his hates and
prejuelices, and as a partem of the
smallest and most contemptahle ot
would-be statesmen, who have made
their appearance iu this era of political
hobbiests.
THE LAWLESS DISTRICT.
While the Hastings Journal and
othtr n?wspap.?r in th.; old (i-islin
Ms riot r indu'ging in criticisms
against the Supreme Court of tho
State, wouli it not be well for these
journals to stop long enough to inquire
just how it comes that this complaint
arises almost entirely from tho " old
Fifth," where the blind Goddess is
supposed to swing the even scales of
justice with 'inspired wisdom. The
Herald does not wish to be undtr-
IRELAND'S WRONCS.
Ireland's woes and England's intoler
ance iu her Irish rule, cannot be more
forcibly set forth, nor brought home, to
the people of this country, than is done
by the following oflicial document ad
dress by Benjamin F. Cutler, governor
of Massachusetts to Hon. Chas. J. Fol
ger, secretary of tho treasury. It ap
pears also from the acknowledgement
of Secretary Folgcr of the oDicial note
of Governor Butler that a United States
official, the ctdlectr of customs at Bos
ton, has also called the attention of our
government by an official communication
to the s ime greivauce ot which Massa
chusetts' chief executive compplains:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, )
Executive Department,
Boston, A;,nl 23, 18S3. )
Dear Sir : I have the honor to call
your attention to a matter of very con
siderable importance to this Gouimou
wealth, which is, perhaps, a9 succinctly
elated as it may wtdl be in. the enclosed
extract from the Moniteur Beljre, April
6, 1883, of which I scud you ales the
translation ;
One cargo of these emigrants has al
ready arrived in Bostou, and another is
momenta: ily expected. If I were con
vinced that it wis in the power of this
Commonwealth to prevent their laud
ing. 1 should deem it my duty to elo so.
Mituy of them immediately became a
charge upon the Commonwealth for
supoort as to iheuiselves and toeir fiao-
Iies. 1 have the utreugeet iiinl deepest
sympathy with these p or pooj.lot aud
if iiiiided I will eudenvor to sec tlmt
thev are humanely and properly cared
for.
were, though not a penal, a pauper
colony of that empire. Bylaws which
trench very nearly on the penal they
have made these poor people of Ire
land paupers, and then, to get rid of
feeding them at governmental expense
send tliem to us; perhaps after they
have selected tho best of thetn to send
to their own colonial dependencies.
England ought not, in my judgment,
to bo ueruiitted to empty her alms
houses into tho United States, nor
ought she to be permitted in Ireland,
where she has not almshouses to care
for the people that her laws have made
paupers, to impose them as a burden
upon state charities.
May I ask of you, Mr. Secretary,
therefore, to take such means as to
your good judgment may seem legal
and proper to prevent the landing of
such deportations, at least within the
limits of Massachusetts; and I promise
you whatever aid in that regard the
Executive of the state may be able to
give.
If it so happens that the laws of the
United States may be incited mil to hin
der the landing of these forlorn creat
ures, certainly it i.- within the scope of
the diplomatic power of lh United
Sti.tes to nmke such representations to
the government of ('real fSntaiu as
will prevent their being seut here against
the will and wih of our government. If
tho latter is the only way in which the
evil can be reached, may I beg of you
to present the matter to the president
for his consideration and intervention
diplomatically-, if he shall see c:iuc? 1
have the honor to be. wry rcspe- i f id ly,
;. o;.r !iiv!i !it si-rva:ii.
h-- !!; ( j(A .'. I'liiii
'. t; .-: t i ;m'.;: i :-:r, -Mr.;
H. t . J'.nt'tr, Cod titer
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Sik: I have the honor to inform you
thai a copy of your communication of
the 23d ultimo, in relation to the de
portation of pauper emigrants to this
country under the auspices of the British
government, with its enclosure, has
been referred to the Secretary of State
for such action as he may deem appro
priate. I will add that this subject was
brought to the attention of this depart
ment by the Collector of Customs at
Boston in a report dated the 20th ultimo
which has been referred to the Depart
ment of State. Very reepectfullv,
Charles J. Folger, Secretary.
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CLOTHING
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thing
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othing.
Never XJniclei'Solcl.
Still undersells any ol his competitors by 'JO per cent. Beasoun why, he has
been au old experienced Clolhieicvcr since 1K."51, knoW4 how lo
buy, pay no rents and buys fur ca-h.
Remember the Twenty-Five Per Cent. Saved
SAVED BY liUVlXC OF HIM.
d&vr.
GROCERIES
Another Demooratlc FooK?)
"What kind of a tariff plank aro
the democrats going to have in their
platform?"
' A moderate one, I presume. We
have got to raise too much money to
carry on the government to talk about
free trade, and a tariff for revenue
only amounts to nothing. -I would
like to see a tariff law passed that
meant anything elsa than a tariff for
revenue. There never has been, and
there never wi'l be. So it brings us
down to the consideration of a reform
in the tariff, a wise discretion in affix
ing duties, putting on luxries all they
will bear, and admitting a good deal of
raw material where it will not impair
the traffic in such material at home.
It will be this ability to discriminate
and wisely impose duties that will
command the attention cf our legis
lators, and a wise tariff modification
will meet with the approbation of the
whole country. Neither protection
nor free trade ought to enter into the
tariff platform of the party, when we
speak of those two doctrines as a
whole,"
The foregoing views on the tariff
question expressed by Senater Kernan,
of New York, to a Chicago Times re
porter, the other day, will place this
distinguished statesman among the
back seats in the political holiness
meeting to be held by Henri Watter
son, Frank Hurd, anti-moaopolist Mor
ton, and other free trade doctrinaire
Bishops in 18S4. The Herald looks
upon Mr. Kernan as just about sound
on the tariff question.
BANKS.
John FitzgerAlV, A. YV. McLauuhlis
President. Caehier.
FIRST NATIONAL
OF PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA.
Offers the very best facilities for tne prompt
transaction of lejjitlruato
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks. 15omls. Gold. Government and Local
Securities liuught and Sola. Deposits receiv
ed aud interest allowed on time Certifi
cate. Draft" drawn, available in any
part of the United State and all
the principal towu ot
Europe.
A FINE LOT OK
MACKEREL, LABRADOR K II ERRING, TROUT, WILD WAV
COD FISH, Aso a choice lot of
I,S:&027S OHAKCES.
W i- bao a fine f-t'ek of
VE FAMILY CiR
Faney iuils of
MINNESOTA, KANSAS AND MISSOURI FLOUR.
1 have in ttoc a !!:) I'm r
Queensware, Glassware, Lamps,
&c. A!! 'ir koo.H a:-'.- new and freli.
Will Exctojre ior Country PMace. Licsooa Oil Meal Always on Hand
Next door to Court Home, I'latt.-moulli, Neb,
M. B. MURPHY & L.U.
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LUMBER.
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Corner Pearl and Seventh Streets,
-DKALEKS IN Abb KINDS OF-
Lumber
flnnro Rlinno
jyuioi mmuoj
jUUOllSi
Cement, Plaster,
BTJILZDJIIsrO- PAPEB.
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Collections made & promptly remitted.
Highest market prices paid for County War
rants, State aiid County Bond.
DIRECTORS
John Fitrtrcrald
John 11. CIhtk.
Geo. t. lovey.
A. E. Tonzali!.
K. K. White.
HARDWARE.
THIS CELEBRATED AX FOR SALE BY
A. Y. lid ausal'.D.
Bank s Cass County
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Transacts a Geaeral Banliiis: Busiuess.
HIGHEST CASH PRICE
Paid for County and City Warants.
COLLECTIONS UAUEj
I recognize and rejoice in the theory
upon which our government was
founded that America should be a
home for the oppressed and downtrod
den everywhere. We welcome, there
fore, all, however humble, who come
to us of their own free will, aided by
their enerpy, enterprise, and resources.
Such people, whether men or women,
and their children, are a source of
wealth to the country : but bv this I b
t aimi mjAifmmMkia th r tK,. 1 John Black. J. M. Puttarann. C IT. Pannela.
J JOHN IU.ACK. President,
lJ. M. i'ATl'SKSON, Casliior. i
and promptly remitted for.
DIKKCCTOIU !
JOSSSTSOST BROS.,
DEALERS IN
Hardware, Stoves and Tinware.
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in.j law f
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(f .- a. 'i ru away
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thrown awar to uvoM m.i.... I " - bikkctom:
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