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' lft piMteitftijij FIRST VI5AR PLiATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH i), 1888. NU3IRER 117 S Mayor, t:i.:rK, Trunin !-, Attorney. Kii'tiic i-. J'ntii: .1 Miili.d'. Cou .icilnicii, Is' v ul. 111. .) I Si m I'.ti in i' II .V.I I 1 11 .1 i ! 'vV A 1 I II M A N li K N I I A II li A M.IOI.I. .1 S ..I A I II . W II O .W.I .K i I .1 V W 4 . it r. :.i j , ,v , . II I i 1. - I I I M .! ,.. I i .. ;.i i-.;; u i i .'.1 i: . ii ncti v i i .-, W ; i: i t n j i t. ;s . i:i r-.i i. ml I'uU. Win i .1 ' 1 W .1 I..-.:. i.f. 1 1 1 1 A V. K - '. ,1 11 A I KM V.N GOlXVrY" OK K IKijS. Treasurer, liity I'.c Cl.j.. J;.uiv I- IJ,V:i-.!i-.- . I i.-.;iIV U i '."l t '1 Kiicriii. hiuv-y.ir. Ali.rn.-v. tin )t. "I I'll ( ' r l Conn a. r.. Loll a. n. J.i l.: T" ;i. i I ' -1 . i .'. Il IV.-i' : i'I'.ki.i. l.l.'H K II I I .' I I . i i i:i.i :. it. r.-i-i. N 4 I.I VIM : ii i v i. it. i: Ki ii i s i;a:i . .. . M a i: i.i.i. s i'.c;.-i n I .s .';! I .n :i '.l.i. Ill) 1 1.! 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'fiii'f J'ri.lay fvciiiu at Korku. mi.! I: lii at s 1 -k . ii r : .s.i n: lir.-lli-t.h arc r- v ;.--; t -I j i . i I - : ! a:t-n:l. I.. Larson, i.l. W. : I'. !'.'il. I" in : S. I'. Wil li'. K"i:.nlT . l.oDiianl A:i'l'M.u. HviM st T. AcCOWIHIE POST 45 G. A. IHM IT.!:. R. J. V. J.silXi.lN C. S. I rt ISS K. A. l ri-:s . Nll.w Aiiiar I' i:rs Ma .' i t'llAICI.KH t-" Ii : liKS'.i. !li-:Mi i.-. . J ANit !:.; i: i:"l ?. A I. I'll A V. !;!;' i'. Weef.ir -a?ii:il.i y ...I'o.iiina'uli'r. ..Senior Vice . luuior " A iljiiravt. M- '.lliccr f l!ic Iav. iir.tril Si-i.-i ! j.T. ..l.:i:ir;iT M:i-i-t-r SiT-T. i'i I I i.ai'l.iiii r e TT V- i to my 1 atH !lii-)'.i to : lU-'siii'.' Kntmst- Tlilc K -.::: ,5'ir laco Wi i.'t'-n ll 8 X Vi'ii'V. M..'au i i:.-.t :ti- Uclt'-r i'ai Any Ot? " i.iiii-ilc.I, In- Tcney 1 I' h s COUNTY LEGISLATION- Proceedings of the Board of Com missioners of Cass County, in Regular Session. i'LATTSMuLTU, Neb. Mar. (5, lbbS. I'.uard ol i oiiiniUAiuiu'is mcl iu rcuulnr j sciuii. All nieiiilu-iK pitsent. Jiiril I CiiUlilieUI, County Clerk. Miimtitf of , I Vliruaiy nice ting rend nml approved. J Tiieii ilic lolloiviiiij A'as done to-wit: Ollii i.il IvjikU approved: I Kmil JSin idi.r, l oad oTcrscer l)it. No. 43 I il.uis Wii.f " " " 44 50 ! II V Ll..d ' 59 ; i. Maiidtr " " "11 j a i' Cox " " :m 'l'!i'.' annual settlement of Kinil .Sluidrr 1 of ro id ilistrirt number 4o, Avaanjiprovcd , and aiuoliiil allowed !S. .'.. j Annual settlement of (. W. Sliruder : ( road oycr.-tT district numlier 08 Wu8 ! approved and aii:ouLt ullowed 10.50. Claim.-, allowed: ! Nellie Sliiin der boarding p:tupir 2!) 00 j .M-i tli.i 1 1 in t i-amo 5 00 I .Jolui .Morris 'o. tuudry suuplies U7 50 ! liii'Koii, .Miller it ltichanlsoi', rev- iime Jaws Ii 00 Lelinlioif A: iSuniiickbOP, nid.se to paiijiem 5 00 Siiermuii Cutiiz'it printing... 0 50 Mrreur llros. m.:p l'lattftinoutli . . 2 50 Oinali i Uepublieaii Cotupilie to Treasurer '.i 50 I l'e u l:ii:in Hill for cliair for dep uty recorder refused V C Jliowaltor Nebraskii reports ilesk lor ollieo, &c 20 00 P S H'l.ilc noods to paupers.... 12 50 Audtrsoii Hoot viewing road . . . 7 50 Conr.ul Sidenstriker poil tux alld 8 00 II ed liros A. Co goods to paupers 21) 55 Jas K ICnottu printing tax books 40 50 Mavnard Spink sal and ex an supt 111 50 Covell & Polk liidanee of feen al lowed in case of C I. Ai Q. 11. IJ. vs. County of Cass in dis- triet and pupreinc eouit 100 00 A.I !raves inde to paupura. . . . 0 00 .John Murtney lumber for dist. No. -M 25 13 J W Tliomas ined jerviee on in- .miiif iii.in 12 00 J'jli Sampson boarding poor.... 137 l:5 (MVa!k-r !i)Trdi:ig pauper 10.45 IJird Ci itchti-1.1 li.akiug assessor's book, salary find expenses 200 00 State .Journal Co. supplies. ... 2150 .J C likenbary guard in jail... 43 50 Application was made for license by C. 1 1. Peterson to run a ferry across tke Mi'souri rirer. Ths board granted said Iieei-e fr tlio period of two years upon the payment of ten dollars by said appli cant. TliejC'ounty Clerk was instructed to notify e:ich county ofiieer that no lills would l e itllowcd for supilie uiilcf? or diryviere made tlirongh the county clerk. Cla:u;a allowed : J K rtiiickererrotous poll tax p'd 0 00 Louis Hoyd' ker refuse'd as same had been paid !: W Ci.u k county physician 43 50 li Iioeck furniture to poor house 2 50 Vp n petition of J. Y. Johnson, Com nian-icr of McCo.ihio l'ost, No. 45, G. A. I:., F. A. P.ates was appointed to attend to'tho burial of deceased soldiers, under chapter Si, of revised-statutes of Xebr. l.oard adjounud to meet Mar. 7. 1S88. Bikd CitiTtuFiEi.p, Clerk. 1 - r- 1 V. X - W r' i r.i I it 5 1:-L"1 n .V'iir';.,i;i ' ' i'i' i'nii:iu r -i:t' I" i:: J''ir. A-.i'.-:. i i Pr:i:ikl::i-riii';: Jliai'-r.'.-iV Y"; It s. c: . : . i.l'.':r;i : .'..ii. i ! SCart'.l 5ti'i!i':l . jforwic'.i I'll! m ljria!'u''..l 1". i! tin.' t'i'll"viiis time i .l .st.'il (ii:p uiic.-: St.u-s.;; l.-" . ..:-:!.. l- l::il: As-ets 1. 4 i I.". 31 aiich 7, 1883. Hoard met pt-rsuant to adjournment Puil Uoard present. Uird Critchlield County Clerk. Petition of W. If. McLaughlin for di vision of taf s dun on lots 1 and 2 in blk 17. in liattsmouih, was xainimd and lei' US. d. Claims : Editor Klmwood Eeho, printing lil tH'e. i eius ti A Mailelc. work on platt book. 11 1? Murphy nulse to pauper.. T Ci.ik foal to court Jail 1 -lr.-iKter countv. for costs in L0 8 00 50 of ii ! iv it ; I. I in . V.'-.r aA:' .1 7 S-r...- s.it; ."ul C. liU.TSI l.?l""..iCC T..f:il A's-.'H.Sl.Mll.TU t. in ?. id at raisAgfncy WILL HAVE Fa I 6 ! OF j HOLIDAY GOODS, ALSO Library Lamps house and tt case P.ter II ms. n. insane, and reported lroin said county to bs a resident of Cass ci'imty ref used, it app -aring that said il.siier. v. Ji not a ns'nhnt of Cass coun tv at the time of .U H.nest; but was a res blent of Lancaster county two months piior to his arrest, and is also a foreigner and not a citizen of the United States. Upon the petition of W. Ossenkopand oilier cf road districts No. 10 and 11 to transfer the se fir and w hf se cp- of sec. 10. and the nwjr and tv hf ne qr of sec. 22, all in twp i2, rang--? 11 from nistrict No. 11 to road district No. 10. The count v clerk ordered to change as peti tioned for. Petition of J. J. Monroe made by his i sUornPY, W. S. Wise for the refunding inxi'ti hi ' " v . i t,, l, erroneously pa:4 and assessed, was xamined and refunded. Claims allowed : M A llartigan, balance on claim for defending St rate and Wart in di-triet court, allowed, and the Clerk ordered to issue w ar tai:iJ to Countv Treasurer for amount oi taes $ 47 A IT.o tifran .. 2 71 29 -OF UM01 AT THE USUAL Clieap Prices -AT- SMITH & BL ACK'S. I S P Vanalta tor ) uu. auowtu j and Cl-rk ordered to draw war- rant in favor of County Treas j urer for the amount of taxes ! du J S P VnMtta r ; W II 3laliek. bia.ai.;g prisoners. 1 (eor";p Staats. collecting tnxc . ! SHm"f Richardson, viewing road. ; Chas Graves, indse to paupers. . . j ll llobbs, ni"d. services to pau- ! Oliicial i.'on'd t.! W J Laughlin, road ' overseer dist. 7. In tlie i.U?r of tlie claim of C B. Ar Q. railroad company lo refund taxes on the said road bridge at PJattsmouth, on the rcccommetidation of 21 o 40 1 21 17 83 75 72 ho 00 17 00 County Attorney the consideration there of is continued to await the decision of the Supreme Court in the against the county where the tame question is pre sented. Claim of P. I). Bates for work in Re corder's room allowfd. Cost bill of StHte vs. Billy 3Iiles, al lowed. Cost bill of Statu ?s. Ojo. W. Ash Iiurn. allowed. Sixty namew were then selected from which to sclttct the jurors from thw next term of court. The board then adjourned to meet March 8. 1IRI) Ckitchkieij), County Clerk. SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. TliaC Seems to be the Creat F.ffbrt, the (rent Desideratum The other morning I found upon my disk on elegnntly addressed letter. I opened it. Tim jH'iimansliip was noticeably line, the phrasing correct, tho punx)se clear. The writer introduced himself us a man of mis-foi-timi',who ventured to ask sonic uid, how ever small ami begging, in case I had to go out, to ineloso whatever 1 was willing to give, in an accompanying envelope ad dressed to himself. Tho-letter was signed by a hteiieil plate, with a fac-simile of the writer's signature, and the accompanying envelope was addressed to himself, in the same way. Familiarity with that sort of thing enabled mo to decide at once to have nothing to do with the man, and to give him nothing. Later in the day the door opened, and a jktsoii with a patch over his e3"e, very well dressed, entered tho room. "Is there any answer to Mr. Blank's letterf he asked. 'Yes; tho reply is that there is nothing for you. You are altogether too systematic. I am surprised that you succeed in so thinly disguised a fraud as this." Without u word he turned and left the room. There aro more than a hundred tenants in tho building where I have my office, and it would Le strange indeed if from some of them this fellow didn't get a $5 or $10 bill, and there are several hundred similar buildings in the city, and it would be stranger yet if from them all he didn't derive a very hand some income. Hut, see the point? In tho first place he had to think out the scheme. In tho next it required time and in genuity to frame and write his begging ap peals. Then he had to have them delivered, and then to call, all of which means indus trious pursuit of a chosen business, and, as wo all know, tho industrious following of a chosen business results, ninety-eight times in a hundred, in success. Why then could ba not lind some reputable calling, in which the same industry, the sumo degree of wit and endeavor, would bring him a fair return for honest labor, a return for honest labor not only, but a return to the people from whom ho gets Iris reward? Something for nothing. That seems to be tho great effort, the great ambition, the great desideratum. It is a kind of speculation in futures. In some respects it is not different from the speculation which Wall street makes respectable, and which after all is littlo moro than betting that a stock which stands hero today will bp some? where else tomorrow, with tho balance in favor, however, of tho Wall street operator, because there is a chance for a man there to lose, and that chance he has to take; whereas with cur friends, the begging fraternity, tho extreme possibility is a failure to connect with an accommodating poeketbook. An unfortunate feature of this sort of thing is found jn tho fact that many men are mis placed in life, and the misfortune which at tends them falls upon their families, adding to their burden and their disappointment at the keen and incisive piercings of positive physical suffering. Men with hungry wives and starving children will do almost any thing, and I don't know that they ' ate to bo censured one iota if they take any chance, however desperate, to do any deed, however wicked,, in tho moment of their dire necessity and the hour of their extreme emergency ,-r Joe Howard in New York Graphic. An Ingenious Mendicant's Tricks. There is a seemingly blind mendicant who for tho past year or so has gained a living in the Eastern district of Brooklyn. He is a strapping big fellow physically, of dark com plexion, and capable of doing any kind of manual labor. Tho writer met him a few evenings ago and recognized him as a man whom ho had frequently bestowed small change upon when he stood on Chatham street, Jsew York city, not three years ago. Up to the time the reporter met him last ho did not have anv doabts of the man's afflic tion, but ft incident occurred on last Lion day night which will mako tho reporter man wide awoke. On the 7:20 boat from Brooklyn the rc portcr on looking up suddenly observed tho can, but instead of working the blind dodge ho had a new wrinkle. that of a one-armed veteran. Tn a small satchel suspened around liij neck ho had a "manbyr silver nd gold paper envelopes, in which were two or three kiud3 of court plaster, tho virtues of which lie proclaimed in a loud tone cf voice. Ho was :io5 very successful in disposing of his wares, r.:id when the boat reached the slip the re porter followed tho man as ho got off. He w:dked up East street to Broome, and behind a pil'j cf Jumber handed his sac-he 1 to a dissi pated looking mortal, reoeiving in return a staff ai:d a square piece of pasteboard. When he had placed tho jiasteboard around his neck he walked slowly up Broome street to Tomp kins, and then turned into Grand street. Oa tho corner of Grand and Lewis streets he halted, took a bundle of lead pencils in bis liundi, and cried out in a piteous tone of voice: "PLbr.sq help tho blind" The reporter' watered bia q few moments, and then walked over to him and said; "You aro tho greatest rogue I ever saw. I noticed you oa tho ferry boat, when you could see as well as I can, and now you sud denly become blind. What do you mean by itf The man opened his eyes, turned and walked jjpidly ip Grand street to the Bowery. New York Evening Bun, American Hooks in Japan. American authors ore more read than the English in Japan. Last year So,000 English and ll'.),000 Arr.erican boks were imported iuto thaj country, so that the old question, VWh'o reads an American book?' wan fairly answered. Chicago JJeralX ANIMALS MAKE SOIL The Wonderful Work Done by Ant. Karthworuis What Larval Insect Ac coinjillhh Activity of the Crayili.li iu Wet CJ round Observation!. Although the earthworms aro undoubtedly very imjiortant agents in overturning and breaking up of soil, it apjiears to mo that they are most effective in the tilled fields or in tho natural and urtilicial grass lauds. So far as I have been able to observe, thoso creatures are rarely found iu our ordinary forests, where a thick layer of leaf mold, commingled tvith branches, lies upon tho earth. Tho character of this dejiosit is such that tho creatures are not comiietent to make their way through it, and they, therefore, in tho main avoid such situations. .Moreover, wherever tho soil is of a very sandy nature earthworms are scantily found, if they aro present at all. These worms are practically limited to tho soils of a somewhat clayey character, which have no coating of decayed vegetation upon them. As tho greater jau ;....i ." .Le ;:i...iin- t,v.; has been produced iu forest regions, I shall first exumino the action of various unimals upon tho soils of wooded countries. Tho mammals are of all our vertebrates the most effective in their action ujon tho soil of forests. Twenty species or moro of our American mammals are burrowers in tho forest bed. They cither mako their habita tions beneath tho ground or resort to it in pursuit of food. Of these our burrowing rodents are perhaps the most effective, but u large number of other small mammals resort to the earth and make considerable excava tions. In forming their burrows or in the pursuit of other burrowing animals these creatures often lenetratc through the whole or greater portion of the soil covering. Tho material which is withdrawn frqni tho bur row is accumulated about its mouth. Tho result is tho overt urning of a considcrablo amount of the earth ami a consequent com mingling of tho material with vegetable matter. When brought to the surfaeo and left exposed to tho action of frost the break ing up of tho material is greatly favored, and thus the formation of the soil is facilitated. Considcrablo as is the effect of burrowing mammals, tho principal overturning of the earth in our primeval forests is accomplished by tho invertebrate animals. AV'hero the woods aro not very dense, and particularly where the sod 13 somewhat sandy, our largest species of auts are very effective agents in working over tho soil. Their burrows extend to the depth of somo feet below tho surface, and each hill brings to the air several cubic feet of excavated matter, which, as slight in spection shows, is much commingled with vegetable matter. Wherever these ant hiiis aliound tbey commonly exist to the number of a scoro or moro on each acre, and the oc cupants of each hill, in many cases, bring a much as a cubic foot of matter to the surface in the courso of a single year. The action of rain constantly operates to diffuse this ma terial on every sido of the hill. Wo may often observe a thin layer of sediment extending for a considerable distance from the elevation. As is well known to all those who have in spected the soil within virgin forests, tho earth is occupied by a host of larval insects, principally belonging to tho group of beetles, but including also many orthoptcrous insects. These creatures in the course of their life un derground displace a good deal of soil, a por tion of which is thrown upon the surface, the greater part, however, being merely dislodged beneath tho surface. The effect, however, ia, to commingle and to break up the soil, and thus favor its comminution. Although tho roots of trees do by far tho larger part of tho rending which is accomplished in the sod layer, they do not bring about much com mingling of tho soil. Where tho woods are wet and favor the de velopment of the crayfish tho effect of this group of animals on the overturning of tho sod is extremely great. It probably exceeds, that which is accomplished in our ordinary fields by tho jtction of tho earthworm. A single crayfish will often bring in the course of a single season's activity not less than half a cubic foot of earthy matter to the surface. In certain districts where these animals abound there appear to bo not less than 1,000 to each acre of surface. If such bo their number it is evident that not less than C00 cubic feet of matter is brought to the surface from a considerable depth in tho course of a year. As this matter is generally of a rather fine nature and easily dissolved in water it rapidly washes away and forms a thm sheet on the surface, I am inclined to believe thai largo areas of our wet woods and tho ojen border lands along our streams arc completely overturned to the depth of two feet or- more iu tha course of half a century by the actions, of those animals. In open grounds, in natural prairies or grass plains, the smaller species of ants are extremely effective agents in overturning the soils. Wherever the ground remains for some time vjnplowed it becomes qcciipipd by these creatures. In the sandy soils of east? era Massachusetts tho overturning accom plished by these creatures assumes a geologi cal importance. For many years I have been puzzled by tho fact that the glacial terraces and plains of this region were ex tensively covered to the depth of a foot or more by a coating of fine sand and very small pebbles, wtilq below tha depth of a foot pebbles of larger size aro very numer ous, and the spaces between them but im- ! perfectly occupied with any material. ' It is j obviously impossible to explain these condi- j tions through the action of earth worms, far tho reason that these creatures are rarely found in 6oils of this description. Froiri i much observation I have become conviueed ' that (.his pouting pi 3andy material is tu a j great extent to be explained by the action of I various species of ants, in the forest condi- : tioa by tho work cf tho larger black ants, . and in the condition of open plains by that , of the spaller species. Professor X. S. Sha ler in Popular Science Monthly. j TVEN7Y SPECIES OF AMERICAN MAMMALS ARE BURROWERS. Tlio LVyligK Stoic. Just after our inventory, we reduce prices 'o mil tin: goods rutln-r than to carry over. Wc,'iro willing to sell our entire Winter Goods at cost. Staples ww have a large quantity and offer tlieiu very low. Calicos 3 to 5 cents per yard, making the best standard of them at 20 yards for $1.00. Gingham best dress styles 10 cents per yard. Dress gcods all kinds at the very lowest prices, from 5 cents per yard upward. Woolen Jiosu we ofTcr at cost, extra fne. Ladie s cash mere hose, worth $I.()0. now 75 cents, fine heavy wool 40 cents, now 25; child ren's line ribbed worth 50, now I!0. Un der wear must go at low prices, as wis will not keep tin in o r. Our Gents Silver Grey Merino Shirts and drawt r.s, former prices 50 now ti"i. "nrl!-,lc:'-r -..y j,,,, f-biilu im ......is, ..iiii quality 75 now 5o. Our Scarlet all wool shirts anil draw ers fun; quality $1.00 now 75 cents. Our scarlet all wool shirts and draw ers, fine quality $1.25 now 1.00. Our scarlet all-wool shirts and draw ers, line quality $1.75 now 1,25. i ir scarlet all-wool shii ts and draw ers, tine quality $2.00 now 1.40. LOCALLY AS CHEAP. Our 25 per cent, discount on cloaks, is still good. We are determined to lose out our entire stock and neyer before has Mich :tn opportunity been offered to economical buyers to pureliasc the bet qualities for so little money. Joseph V. Weckhach. FUBNiTO he M EMPORIUM iUiLUP Parlor Seis J , C 1 -FOR ALL CLASSES OF- FINE O FURNITURE FOU Parlors, ils!drooms, Oiiiieig-rooins. Kitchens, Hallways, Offices, -OO TO- Where a niagnificciit slock of Goods and Fair 1 Vices abound. UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING A SPECIALTY CORNER MAIN AND SIXTH PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. L. D. BENNETT. JUST RECEIVED. Finnan Haddies. California Evaporated Nectar ines , they are delicious. Boston Brown Bread Mix ture , --Something new and nice. Prunella and Apricots. Asparagus in Cana . Clam Chowder. L. D. EE NETT. The lew iue "orsi jh-ooii; id me onu occasionally I pjuuani. jj" gu(K uitis; oti- men wno mako i practice, of doing good so n become expert, j During the last year and a half tho cotton manufacturing power of Japan has increased ' nnpA thn.il l.'VI Ti-.r v.it I A clergyman has been caught making clip pings from books at the British museum. Photograph Gallery Will !jc open January 2-ltIi, at the OltD STANJD OF F. 1(. GAlU'Tlrf All work wa minted first-clas;'..