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VOL.4. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 18G8. KO. 11.
THE HERAJLD
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PUBLISHED
EKLY
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II. E. HATHAWAY,
KDITOH AND PROPRIETOR.
TyOlllct eor ner Main street
notf.
and Levee, cend
Terms: $2.50 per annum.
lia tes of A deer Us i n
Oae rinare (,pace of ten lin-H) out Insertion, ! .80
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O a-uartcr column or lot, per annum 33.00
six months 20.e0
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Oi naif Column twelve month 6.01
six months 8-j.OO
three monthi '20. on
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six months - so.oo
three month - - -00
411 transient advertisements most bt p orln
advance.
ra- We are nnnared to do all k In Is of Work
n ihnrt noticr. and in a stvletbat will satis
faction.
WILLITT P0TTENGER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLATTSM0UTII - - NEBRASKA.
t. n ninutETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ar
Solicitor in Chancery.
rLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA
R. It LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Tenders hit prof-'Mional servicce to the citizens of
ta eo'ioiy .
rixiUnr. nnth-esst corner orOa and .Six
tr-eta; Office on Main street, opposite Court Home
riattimouth, Jtetrasxa.
Platte Valley House
13d. B. Mcnriir, Proprietor.
Corner of .Vim and Fourth
1'latfsiuoiitli, "Veto
Slreels
Tills ri'ne liavin been re fitted anj newly for
vtlshed offer flrst-cUss accommudations.
the day or wrek.
Board hy
ang2d
. Vf AVWILL. SAM. SI. CHAT MAN
Maxwell & Chapman,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AMD
Solicitors in Chancery.
st ATTKunVTlt. - NEBRASKA
Office oer Black, Buttery A Co' Drug Store,
aprl
CLARKE, & ERWIN,
A TTO i:EYS AT LAW
. .. - - - -
And Solicitors in Chancery,
il A IN ST.. OPPOSITE THE CO CR T-110 USE
TLATTSMOUTII, NEB.
......ii mtll. EE fOBXST rOBTBK,
1. W. ERtVIH.
rtT- REAL ESTATE AQEXCT.S.
;an-24wtf
JOSEPn SCnLATER,
WATC?MAm and JEWELER,
maix Street,
TLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA
A rood assortment of Watcbe Cl'. CI old Pens.
J-welry, Silver Ware, Fane ,oo.-, Violins J
olia Tri:nmin(f alwar on hand. A'.lwork com
oiHIe I to hi care will be warrauted.
April 10, l?05.
o n iitiftt, CAt-Horx 4 croxtow,
.Xtt Sup-t India Affair: Attorney at Laic
IRISH, CALHOUN & CR0XT0N.
The above named rentlmen have associated
Ih.-in-e'.ves in busiucss for the purpose of prosecnt
Inz and collecting all claims acainxt tbe General
i vemraent, or agint any tribe of Indiana, and
ar prepared to i.roecuf such claims, either before
Confc-reM.oraiTof the Departments of (lofcrnmeot
r before the Court of Claims,
Ma. Iaisn will devot bis personal attention to
tee bniness at Waihinfrtoo.
j-jf- OiUce at XetiraikJ Crty, corner of Main and
fiflli streets.
-National Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON. D- C
F. M. DORRINGTON,
SCB AGENT:
A TTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA,
t . and prosecute claim before
oJt rest. Court of Claims and the Dept . i
imdit-i. Pa-
r0-Chsrn moderate, and in proportion to
v - . , - v VI 111
the amount onne ciaiu.
April 10, '6i
V. M. DORR1NUT0M.
J. N. WISE,
General Life,-Accident, Fire, Inland and
iransu
INSURANCE AGENT
' Will take rik at reasonable rat" In the most reliabl
j upanie lo the United btalrs.
sr-office at the book store, Pla Mi-outn, Nebras
mayildtf
TlHillincry & OrcssniakinS
T Mist A. m. Dtsraia JI. R- r. Kxsxcf t
Opposite the City Bab ry.
rriTI woold respectfully announce to th? Ladies
VV of Plattsmouthnd vicinity, that we hv.J.isl
received alarteand well seieiea
Winter
Ooods. eonsisun of Flowers. Ribbons, e'T";
irimminfrs, Ac. 4c. We will sell the cheapest good.
Zver Mid in ihi. city. We can accommodate .11 ur
old customer and a many new .. - "
ii an kinds of work incur line done to
order. Perfect satasfaction given or no charges
myStf
II. S. JEXXIXCS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AXD
General Land Agent,
Lincoln. - Nebraska.
Will p-actice In any of the Courts of the State, an4
will bay and fll Keat Ef.ate on eoinmisaioo. pay
Taxes, examine Titles,
nov28'6Ilf
REED, BEARD SLEY & CO,
Real Estate Agents ,
WEEHXQ WATEIi, XEBRLSKA.
Tj nJs bought, managed and sold. Valuable T im
ker Land for sale. Taxes paid for 'Non-ridenit
oCc!ietlloorrosptly attended to.
march 28 JM8.
mVELLIXGS at all price.
Any person wishing to purchase Farm-property, or
KmJenm In town will Unl tneni for sale at al
price. 15 y
CUKKIAU l U,
mrT. Rkal Estate Ao-ht.
G B. McCAIiLUM,
Manor .cturerof and dfalerlo
Saddles anil Harness,
Of every description, wholesale and retail, No. 130 J
Main street, between 3lb and sib atreets, rfbrssxa
City. Jell
IVOTICE.
JAVES O'NEIL Is my authorized Agent for the
collection of all account due the unaeroicnea ror
medical rvices; hi receipt will be valla lor in
pHyment of any monie on said accounts.
AURU-t 14, ISO. a. H. Mll.i'foiu.'i.".'.
BOARD AND LODGING,
By G. W. COLVIN,
OAK STREET, -
PLATTSM0CTU
chool-liouse.
Two block northwest of tsncx
Private rooms furnised if desired. Either da;
board or with lodging; at reasonable rates.
Jan SI If.
Win- II. Icmkc,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
ONE DOOR WEST OF NEW BAKERY
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
IcC7 1S5 tf
II. (i Worlliinston
Attorney and Counselor
AT LAWi
Offlce in Ka-bach'a Block, corner of Donglaa and 15th
streets, Omaha, Nebraska. and
Farnham House,
HARNEY STREET,
J. C. H1GBT, Proprietor.
WOOLAVOUTII &. CO.,
BOOKSELLERS,
STATIONERS,
Binders tScPaperdealers.
SALYT JOSEPH, JVC-.,
oc256m
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3J1. J?. TODD,
SEWING MACHINE AG'T
I'LA TTSMO UTir, NCBRA SLA.
A eood assortment of mieblnesind nuehine find
irtr kept on nana.
Clothinir Store.
53-0 (Bra
at StadeiinanB'
De:
4 '07
macnines repair e J on slrt notice.
i
THOMAS W. SHBY0CK,
CABINET TiflAKER,
AXUDEALt.lt 1M
Furniture and Chairs.
THIRD STREET, (Near Main,)
P LA TTSMO UTfl. Jf.BRASKjJ.
5C?"FuneraIs attended at the sbortaat notice.
jao30 -
SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and livery
Main St.. - - Ft.YTSMOCTn
I am prepared to acrcicmodate ftc public i
Horses, Carriages andi Buggies
Also, a nice Ilearet,
rin inrt notice and reaeonable tenni I A Hack will
rnn io fteamboat Jandii.e, and to a I pajU plli
city when desired. B:vvnv
lilt J " CU'' v.
Weeping Water Blills.
Farmer?, go where you can get the
best Flour and the most of it.
85 B oX X X FLOClt and 12 11 of BRAS
given in exchange fur good Wheat.
We are also doint grist work; and, with our in
creased facilities feel asuurrd that we can give tne
bett and tbe most Soar of any mill in the State.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
PRODUCE BOrGIlT AXD SOLD.
IIIGnEST MARKET TRICE PAID.
REED & CLINTON.
March 2Cth, 156S.
Win. Staclcliuann Sc Co ,
One door uest of Donelan's Drvg-store,
Dealers In
Ready-made Clothing,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
BAT.''. OA PS. BOOTH. SHOES,
TBCSJlS, VALISES,
and a general stock of
OUTFITTING GOODS
For the Plains; also, a large lot of
RUBBER CLOTHIJTG. REVOLT
' ERS AXD XOTIOXS.
We bought low and will sell cheap for cash. Cat.
and exanuuc our stock before jou buy any where elel
jvl 'C6 Wm. SrADKLMAN.N A CO.
W. D. GAGE. W. R. DAVIS.
CENTRAL STORE.
Dry-Coods,
Groceries,
Provisions,
BOOTS and SIIOES,
Main Street, two doors above Fourth,
Where the public may find
THE BEST OF GOODS
and prices as low a can be fand in tbe city.
We return fhank for the liberal patronage we
have received, and hope to merit it continuance--Vrt.
T OAGB A DJITTS.
From thaCleviland Tlaindealer, Mty 80,
si sil:mjei aximatiox.
JL Young Lady Lays in a Trance
JY early J wo treelis.
One of the most remarkable cases
that we have ever been called upon 10
chronicle has lately come under our no
ice. and we propose to lay the facts
before the public, exactly as they are:
On Lorain street, above Jersey,
there resides with her step father a
young lady, Miss Ellen K. White, who
probably between seventeen and
eighteen years of age, very prepossesa-
ng in her manner, and very finely ed
ucated. About six weeks ago sue was
taken dangerously ill with whnt the
family physician pronounced typhoid
fever, and for some days was so ow
that all hopes of her recovery were
given up. She rallied, however, and.
under careful nuring and skillful
treatment, she was in a fair way to re
cover, when, about two weeks ngo, ehe
ad a relapse, and sank rapidly, until
the breath seemed to leave her body.
and she was pronounced n corpse. Her
body was prepared for the grave and
Drerarations were made bv the be
reaved parents and friends for the fu
neral, when her mother, who could not
be made to realize the fact thxt her
only daughter was dpad to her forever,
noticed that thounh the limbs of her
daughter were rigid, yet the body re
tained us warnuti. l'hyMcians were
c:tl!ed, but they decided that the was
dead, and every attempt to resuscitate
her failing, it was determined last nun-
day, to consign her to the grave, and a
cuttiu was procured. On Saturday,
while one of the neighbor? and the
mother was Handing by the side of the
supposed corpse, the door, which had
been left open, blew shut with a loud
noise, with the ellect of so acting
uDon the eirl as to brin her to and set
her life blood in motion. She spran
urjn - bed, thrown g- her arms
around her mother a neck, wept tears
of joy over her escape from the horrid
death of being buried alive.
Our reporter yesterday visited the
bouse and was granted an tntei view
with the lady, whom we found sitting
up by the window apparently as happy
as the birds to whose music she was
listemntr a wo adored the room.
. Miss White said that when the felt
herself sinkins had no fears of death
but turned udoii her -side, and as she
Hid so all rain disappeared end she
sank to s!eep as peacefully an a child
She lay, she thinks, unconscious for an
hour or more, for when she came to
herself, though she could not move or
speak, she found that she was laid out
ready for burial. She could see her
mother by her side, and all those who
came to see her ; could hear them talk
and understood all they said. She tried
to speak to them, but her tcngue ref us
ed to do its office : she tried to move,
but cculd not : and there t,he lay, bless
inff her mother for her refusal to allow
her to be buried. Upon two occasions,
when her mother was alone in the
room with her.it seemed as though
she left the body, and, Handing by the
side of her body, could look down upon
it as sheojald upoa-Ji-HW'H'- thr
sal(Tshe she was unable to descrnethe
feelings that she experienced upon
those occasions. When not toriured
with the fear of being luried alive,f-he
was perfectly at rest, perfectly happy
and when the door slamed, which bro'
her to, it seemed as though it was to
use her own words "compelled to com
mence a hard days work.
Miss White is now in a fair way to
recover Her strength is gaining rap
idly, and from every indication, we
should judge ;he had a long life be
fore her.
Readikg aud Conversation Our
reading will be of little use without
conversation, and our conversatijn will
be apt to run low without reading.
Reading trims the lamp and conversa
tion light it; reading is the food of the
mind, and conversation the exercise.
And as all things are strengthened by
exercise, so is the mind by conversation.
There we shake off the dust and stiff
ness of a recluse, scholastic lfe; our
opinions of other.-; point are argued,
doubts are resolved, difficulties cleared,
directions given, and frequently hints
6ti ned which if pursued, would lead
to the most useful truth, like a vein of
silver or gold which directs to a mine.
A man, while parsing through a
meadow, was attacked by a mastiff,
and he stabbed the dog with a pitch
fork he bad in nis band. Ihe master
of the dog brought him before mag
istrate, who asked him why he had
not rather struck the dog with ihe butt
eod of his weapon
"So I should have done" said the
man. "if he bad run at me with his
tail."
Coleridge, in one of the most beau
tiful of similies, illustrates the pregnant
truth, that the more we know the more
we thirst for knowledge, and the more
we love the more instinctive our sym
pathy: "The water 1 illy, in the midst
of waters, opens its leaves and expands
its petals, at the first pattering of the
show.-rs; and rejoices in the rain drop
with a quicker sympathy than the
parched shrub in tbe sandy desert.'
From tbe Sew Tork Herald, May 28 )
What a Democratic Guerilla
Newspaper Xliiuka of Our
Ticket.
In U. S. Grant, General in Chief of
the army , and Schuyler Colfax, Speak
er or. tne xsalional House ot Kepre-
entatives, the Republican party has
placed a strong cohesive and popular
Presidential ticket before the people.
Grant the great Captain of the age,
has also proved that in the administra
tion of tbe civil o flairs of a peace
establishment he possesses those rare
endowments of practical statesmanship
which qualify him for all the responsi
bilities of (he executive head of the
government in any emergency. It is
the ceneral impression anions: the
American people that in his hands
their interests and the honor and pros
perity of the country will be safe.
Hi associate. Speaker Colfax, for one
of his ace. is n man of great experi-
rience and surerior abilities and saga
city in our political aff airs, and in the
event of a call to the White House to
fill ihe unexpired term of his colleague
no doubt can be entertained that he
will give us a good administration. Nor
is tho flattering reputation of these
men limited to the United States, for it
is substantially the same abroad as at
home. The news of their nomination
will strengthen the confidence of the
friends in "the great Republic'' over
all the world on the Thames, the
teme, the Rhine, the Neva and the
Danube, and from the mighty Amazon,
rolling: its flood of waters down the
equatorial line, to the imperial Vang
tse-Kians: of China, "the son of the
sea. is or will mat nonest taitti in
American securities at Frankfort-on-the-Maiu
be weakenea with the pros
pect of the transfer from and after the
4th of March. 1669. of the reins of
our government to Grant and Colfax
The Chicaco Convention could not
hare chosen a better ticketvTbo
Priuui pro'lem of the Senate, Mr.
Wade, who led the list of Vice Presi
dential aspirants on the first two or
three ballots. wAild have been to Gr.uit
as heavy a load to carry as was the
Old Man of the Sea to Sinbad the
Sailor; and Fenton, the next highest
competitor ef Colfax, would also have
been a dead weight. r Colfax, on the
the . other, hand, gives that positive
Mrength and consistency to the ticket
which makes it a unit and expands the
scale of its influence. He has h:id the
valuable training of a newspaper ed
tor a vocation which in this country.
is the best of schools for an aspiring
politician. It teaches him all the ins
aud outs of tbe profession, and how to
avoid those shoals and bars upon which
so many of our greatest statesmen have
foundered. The rail splitter and the
tailor were a powerful team, but the
tanner and the editor will match them
'There is nothing like lea;her," and
the newspaper is the third estate of
the oineteeth century. Grant and Col
fax are a strong ticket.
We come, then, to the inquiry. How
is this ticket to be beaten? From
present indications, the Republicans
have some show of reason for the
boast ihairanndClfa5.wiljalk
TJTtr ine course. - -
EXTIt A VAtLi A ACC IN ME.V
There are lots of young men, say
the Lond.in Review, whom lLe spend
ing money is aositive disease. They
constantly demonstrate the truth of the
tarnihar proverb. There is a sort o
J fatal profusion in their habits. Wo
men are accused very unfairly of being
over extravagant. As a rule, men are
far more so, and the account ajrains
them is principally due to those wh
trilter everything tney gain or 6e
numberless and nameless trifles.
in
woman has a natural title to beins wel
clad to being, indeed, so well clad a
lo make the most ot her appearance
She has a sense for jewelry. To deny
her ornaments is to stifle a genuin
and reasonable instinct. But a ma
who parts with a considerable portion
of his income in order to comply with
a freak of his tailor, and really seem
to have only used bis brains upon ih
pattern of neck ties, is one of the most
pitiable creatures alive. A genllema
ought lo be correctly &i d neatly dressed
There is something revolting, as well
as startling, in the style iu which the
unfortunate London cad turns out
nr himteii on the tops of omnibuses
and ou ihe penny steamboats on Sun
days. Still, the extremes meets. The
cad is not, in all probability, a greater
jackass than the person he mimics. He
is also extravagant in his own miser
able way. He has given more than
he can afford for his flaring scarf with
his horrible brass pin, his embrodered
short front, amid all the rest of bis
vile paraphernalia. Extravagance is
not conflined to a class. Some wotking
men spend proportionately as much in
beer houses and music halls as tl ose
above them do in clubs and at the op
era or theatre.
Mrs. and Miss Spotted Tail, of the
most aristocratic aboriginal circles are
boarding at one of the .palatial hotels
of Cheyenne, and a communicative
waiter of the establishment informs
tbe editor of alocalpaper that recent
ly they demolished sixteen plates of
soup between them at dinner.
GOT. GEAIIY'S OPI.MOJf OF
Giift Gil A XT.
The National Union, of Philadel
phia on Friday evening, held the first
f a series of meetings, to be continued
uring the campaign. They were ad
ressed by ex-Governor Geary. He
aid the ticket adopted at Chicago had
not been excelled since the days of
Washington, but he urged upon his
hearers the necessity for vigorous
woik during the campaign, as the par
ty has a wiley foe to contend with.
Of Grant he said:
"General Grant has been placed on
the ticket for the highest position
known to the American people, and he
is well deserving of it. It has been
my province to know him for twenty
one years. We were both young men
together in the Mexican war. He
was the same -enduring hro then as
he proved himself in the late rebellion.
1 knew him when a Second Lieuten
ant, when Alolinadel Key proved mat
there was more stuff in bun than ap
parent upon tbe surface. He was bre
vetted of a first Lieutenant there for
gallantry, he left some time afterward
for home but not before he had been
made a captain. We as Peunsylven-
ims have tsome.hing to say of him
His father was from old Westmoreland
county the place of n y own nativity
1 have often stood on the ground where
he was born. I know Grant very well
It was my good fortune to serve under
in in the war lust closed. I first
served at Waubatchie. I first saw
then the power of his mind as a mili
tary commander. I Applause!, lie
first directed the assault upon Lookout
Mountain! He turned the cannon upon
Missionary Ridge and upon Cbicamau-
ga.and obtained the victory at Taylor's
Ilidge, near, Ringgold. I want to
show you what I know of the man
that he may be acceptable to you
I knew him well: I have -diaed-villt
him" and" I have never saw anything
stron? upon the table, I never knew
him to touch spirits cf any kind. 1
believe there is no man who has been
more ungenerously treated on that tub
iectdunns the last lew years than
Grant .
On a certain occasion, when dining
with Grant at Chattanooga, after ihe
cloth had been removed he called for
his maps' which be spread before me
and said: "Sir, you and your division
has been instrumental in obtaining tbe
victories around this city. The plan
fcr the next carrpaignis already form
ed, and it is f roper that you should
know it. 1 intend to concentrate my
troops around this place, and pour them
on Atlanta, while a strong attack i
made on Richmond. After Atlanta
falls, a line will be taken for the sea
shore either rtt Charleston or Savan
na; and having thus made our point
we will enter the Carolinas and attack
Richmond. I Lis was in lbbo, nine
months before tbe city of Atlanta wa
taken. Justice should be done, and
tell you so that you will know who it
was that planned the march to tbe sea
and bisected the Confederacy and
brought the rebellion to a termination.
..Land dairies lor Slay.'
To the gentlemanly Clerk in the Lan
offica at ibis place are we indebted fo
Uhe following list of lands entered in th
Nemaha Land District of Nebrasba
for the month of May:
Homesteads 13,699,1
Land Warrants 3,15o,13
Pre-emption 7.000,00
Cash 3 035,80
Final Homesteads 1,155,11
Total
Brownville ,
28,045,19
Advertiser.
There is a story of Cornelius
O'Dowtl's in Blackwood, about a bus
band and wife who quarreled because
the wife maintained that eternal pun
ishment was essential to Christianity.
The husband declared that he could
never believe such a doctrine. His
father in-law, remember Fpicy traits
of his daughter's characters, met the
objections to eternal punishment by
saying, "if yeu only go back and live
with her, you'll believe in it yet; she'll
convince you."
Two brothers coming to be executed
for some enormous crime, the eldest
was first turned off without saying a
word. The other mounted the Udder
began to harangue the crowd, whose
ears were attentively open to hear, ex
pecting some confession from him.
"Good people," said he, "My brother
hangs before my face and you see
what a lamentable spectacle he makes;
in a few minutes I shall be turned off
to, and then you'll seeja pair of specta
cles." In New York one of the ferry com
panies hjs get into operation a line of
cabs, which will convey single passen
gers from the ferry to any part of New
York city for thirty cents and two cents
each. These cab have their stands
and are kept in constant readiness for
passengers. The experiment is one
which ought to succeed.
A Washington correspondent writes:
"When I say that Gen. Logan's argu
ment on tbe impeachment trial, which
was filed and not read, is masterly, I
only repeat the words of Mr. Sumner."
THE L11V OF NEWSPAPERS.
Mr. Justice Parker of this Judicial
District, has just rendered a-decision
ully affirming the liability of the news
paper subscribers to pay for papers
ent them, until allrrears are paid.
Mr. Justice Murray rendered a like
ecision when County Judge. The fol-
owing is ihe case decided by Justice
Parker:
Norwood Browse agaisst Mart
Mossow, Ex'x, &c. This was an
action brought to recover, among other
hings, for about thirteen years sub-
criptions to the plaintiff's paper the
Deleware Express. The defendant set
up the Statute of Limutation, claiming
that the plaintiff could recover only for
subscriptions to ihe paper for the last
ix years previous to the commence
ment of the suit. The case was tried
before justice Parker at the October
Circuit, without a iury. The case has
iust been decided. Judge Parker hold-
ng that the contract between the pun-
isher-r.nd subscriber wa a continuing
contract, and that tne oeienoent was
able for the whole time the paper was
sent and received; thus following the
decision of Judge Murray at the coun
ty Court in the case of Browne against
Hitt. Judgement for plaintiff, S72.00
and costs. White & Jacobs for plain
tiff. Geo. W. Clark for defendant.
Express. Delhi JV. Y.
J os a Billings ox Grasshoppers
The following from the peu of Josh
Billings will fit in any grasshopper lo
cality :
"The Bible sez: The grasshopper
is a burden and I never knu the Bible
tew say anythingtbat wasn't so. When
the grasshopper begins tew live they
are very small, nut in a nine wnue
there gets to be plenty of them. They
only live one year at once, and then go
back audi bejflgsuu, weoi-grnr
is a hop, and with the wind on . their
quarters they can.mnke some good time.
They are a sure krop to raise, but some
years they raise more than others. I
have seen some fields so. full of them
that they couldn't stick another grass
hopper io, unless you sharpened him
tew a pint. When. they get so very
plenty they are apt to start, and then
tbey becum a travelin famine, and
leave tbe road they take as barren as
the inside of a country church during
weekday. Grasshoppers don l seem
to be actually necessary for our bappi
ness, but they may be we don t even
know what we want most. I don't
want grasshoppers to give entirely out,
not if they are a blessing, but 1 have
thought (to myself) if they would let
grass and cornstocks be and pilch into
the burdocks and Canaday thistles, just
to encourage tbe fight, and would care
a cuss if tbey both got finally licked.
But my best judgment would be to bet
on the grasshoppers. '
The fact that a Southern paper is
urging upon tbe Southern people the
selection of a day for an annual "na
tional celebration," commemorating the
great achievements of the Confedera
cy during lhfiieiit war,
Tuexpressibie is the conflict of opinion,
sympathy aud purpose between the
people of the North and of the South.
It is useless to attempt to disguise the
fact that every act of t!ie southern peo
ple indicates the same will to destroy
this union that operated in 1S61, still
exists and will vitalize another rebel
lion whenever the hope of success be
comes strong enough to warrant its in
auguration
How to Exterminate Potato
Bugs. The Upper Des Jloines gives
the following as best way to extermin
ate those pests, ihn potato bug:
"A little while before the bugs are
expected to make their appearance,
procure from an ant hill a quantity of
black ants sufficient to establish a num
ber of colonies in the potato field.
These will get well to work by the
time the bugs come and will then com
mence an indiscriminate slaughter of
the new comer, by which means the
bugs will soon be exterminated,"
A gentleman who fcr several years,
bad resided in the suberbs of Boston,
had succeeded in gathering quite a col
lection of ancient coins. About a year
ago he moved into town, and placing
his treasures in box, placed them in
a closet. No' jlong since he had occa
sion to goto bis box, and, very much lo
bis surprise found it empty. Upon
appealing to his wife for an explana
tion, he learned that she (not knowing
their value) had been cultivating her
taste for music by bestowing them very
liberally upon organ grinders.
Condemn no man, says John Wes
ley for not thinking as you think! Let
every one enioy ihe free liberty of
thinking for himself. Let every man
use his own judgement, since every
man must give au account of himself to
God. Abhor every approach, in any
kind or degree, to the spirit of prose
cution. If you cannot persuade a man
into the truth, never force him into it.
If love will compel him to come, leave
him to GoJ, tbe judge of all.
Five miles of tbe track of tbe Cen
tral racinc Kailroad are in operation
east of the Sierra Nevada mountain-.
News
The Fourth of July this year wil
fall upon Saturday.
The New-York police force now
numbers 2,560.
It is said that there is not a "stove-
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pipe hat in an utaa.
New-York sends one convict a day
to Sing Sing.
The new Tammany Hall will seat
2 000 persons.
Two bushils of rat were found in
the vat of a brewery recently seized
by revenue officers in Philadelphia.
Two thousand dollars worth of flow
ers were used at a recent fashionable
wedding in New-York.
Ice a foot thick and a bouquet of
wild flowers were recently gathered
from tbe same lot in Danbury, Ct.
Tbe Boston committee on the cele
bration of the Fourth of July reports
that $2,500 is needed to carry out the
programme.
The Republican State Convention of
Tennessee, called to meet June lO.has
been postponed to Wedaesday, Au
gust 12.
Judge Grier, of the United States
Court, has rendered a dicisionsin Phil
adelphia which affirms the validity of
the Goodyear patent.
Liquor cost, at first bands, every
man, woman aud child in America $43
last year, to say nothing of more re
mote results.
The first lightning rod put up in this
country by Dr. Franklin, is now to be
seen on the house, No. 22 Daniel st..
Portsmouth, N. H.
Thatcher, the New York .weather
IjirnphA'say a". J oca will - ha ve more
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pleasant days than May, and tie prom
ises three pleasant autumt months. .
The York State Editors' and Publish
ers' Convention is to be held June 25.
at Watkins, aDd Rev, T. IC Beecher
will deliver the annual. -
Gen. Gillem, commanding in Missis
sip!, has ordered tbe election on the
ratification of the new Constitution in
that State to commence oo June 22,
and continue until completed. ,
On a recept Saturday afternoon, at
New Castle, Delaware, six men were
exposed in the pillory and whipped.ar.
cording to the law cf -the Common
wealth. Three were black men and
three white.
The propojed Ntaional Fair, io aid
of tbe widows and mothers of soldier
and sailors who died jo the Govern
ment service during the war, has treeo
definitely fixed for the 21st of Septem
ber next.
A penitent on his death-bed recently
sent one dollar to a man in Swanton,
Vt., to pay for a pint of brandy, with
sugar, stolen twenty years ago. Tov.
erty and poor health were the cause
of the theft, , -
A party en route for Chicago, having
some difficulty at Dunkirk to get served
in the dining-room, adopted tbe ruse of
calling Governor Alvord.of New York,
Speaker Colfax, and soon had the stew
ard and a waiter for each man.
Tbe joke practical does not always
end as harmless .as in the case of Na
thaniel Appleton, who found on riding
up to the house of his beloved that his
rival's horse was bitched at the gate.
Unhitching him and giving him a very
smart stroke with a rawhide, he walk
ed in and inquired whose horse that
was cantering down the street. It
need not be said that the coast was
clear at once. .
For nearly one hundred and fifty
years lead pencils have been manufac
tured at Stein, near Nuremberg, Ba
varia. And for more than a century
the Faber family have been the chief
manufacturers. Though called lead
pencils these pencils are made of
graphite, furnished exclusively to the
Fabers, from a mine in Asiatic Tibe
ria, the only source from which this
can now be obtained.
A correspondent of Wilkes' Spirit
reccommends that all nests for setting
hens be up off the ground and that for
seven or eight days before hatching,
the eggs be sprinkled with cold water
while the hen is off. This be says
will prevent tbe frequent complaint
that chickens are dead in the shell.
In'.Yenezuela, according to a recent
statement, when a young man asks for
the band of a young lady, the father
gives the applicant a very bard stone to
pierce. It usually takes about three
years to pierce the stone, and then be
grants the young mans lequest, and
bands over his daughter.
A western editor remarks that b
is glad to receive marriage notices, bu
requests that they be sect soon after
the ceremony and before the divorce is
applied for. He has, had several no
tices spoiled in this was.
A story is current to tbe effect that
a Congressman was fleeced of thirty
three thousand dollars at a faro bank
in Washington last week.
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