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PLATTSMOU TH, NEBRASKA; TilURSDAYy JANUARY 14; 18G9. .
ISO, 41.
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Plattsrnouth Twiills.
C. IIEISKL, Proprietor.
10,000 Bushels of Wheat
W.-..4 .media.ely, for which ''u
1'iice will be paiJ-
J. N. WISE.
- Ucntral LiV, Acfu l'ir-
jNSUHArTOS AGENT
Will take rl'kitt reaaonable rat-a l the most rellabl
A0TES OS NtllltAJsKA." ...
. We make the following extract from
an article written, under the above ti
tle, by Mxj. H. T. Broeks, of the Ru
ral JWw Yorker, and published in his
paper of Nov. 2Sth, 1868. Major
Brooks visited Nebraska and delivered
an address before the State" Fair last
fall. Being a resident of another
State, and being a man well known to
the farmer of the United States, his
statement and opinions are entitled to
great consideration. Here is what he
says: " '
, The soil of Central and Eastern Ne
braska is unsurpassed and unsurpassa
ble. Cay, aaud, vegetable mold, and
all essential elements, are so harmoni
ously blended as to produce a soil
light, friable, free from lumps and
stones, dark colored, easily worked,
and eminently productive. The finest
garden mold in the Stale of New York
is Dot a whit better ihan the average
of Nebraska soil. . I advice my friends',
Ellwanger & Barry, of the Mi Hope
nurseries, to import a cat iond of il to
grow their mo.t delicate plants' in.
Take no precautions tend your order
to any postmaster, and ull him
to dig the firft dirt he comes to and
sead il along. I wit! guarantee the
Utility. . Probably any Congrennan
woulJ fr uik it "Public Documents" if
you "will .-end his .wife occasionally a
boquet of your fine fljwt rs.
Some of-be rtt-r bottoms have a
eau.iy-aml prus subsoil, generally
the subsoil is tb7, but not too retentive
of mobiure. H;ird rains do not tub
jeci Nebraskvi'fuiin-r o vexatious de
lay; ihey can ruon go out without
loading their boots witn mud, and start
their plowing without the furrows fill
ing witti water, after the "hard pau'
!iyle. A in other portions of the west,
thty pet sHverai weeks the start ot
Nuw Yorkers in sowing theic spring
tropa very material advantage where
lift and ih seasons are thori at the
Ifiicet.
The chief product of . Nrbrasfca is
prairie gras-, uncut and - uncared. for!
Miilions etacres that yield from half a
ton three tons per-acr -. and that is
l.Hut as good a Nw Y.nk meadow
wiil lo. are giing hack lo the winds
nd .the s.iil il kamjiiet that nobody
wrill accept
Near the Missouri river corn of ihe
mi.K. rn varifctv lerfs lh cultivated
v.'rous,' averaging forty to fifty l u.-heU
j ' i. . ..... rAA.
pqr acre, ana growing ciyuioi iu irn
lij"b. ,Tlie first crop, planted pn sod,
is frequcnUy light. The first breaking
is about thic-e inches deep. t
Whtut, the great prop of human life,
ihs main subsHnce bat .men are made
of. the only indi.pcnsab thing, is just
whtl Nebraska was filled and fashion
ed for nrodufinir. Its climate, fre
quently tod dry for other crops, brings
wheat to great perfection. ' A mi'ler
nf lares exntrietice assures me that
the fiuer variaties deterioate in many
of the Slates, bulin Ji'ebraska preserve
their peculiar excellences. By a judi
cious use of fertilizers and by plowing
in grass or some green crop, 1 think
Nebraska, may maintain its present
position as the head of all whzat grow
ing sections. Its average yield is great
er per acre than any other State of this
Union.
Nebraska is scarce of rain water, a
bad thine for crass, potatoes' and corn
but as it allows a good crop or. wncat,
atd excellent weather for farm 'work,
the inconveniei ce is endurable.
Excepting a border along her water
courses, Nebraska is treeless ; rlie
needs timber. Good luck la her she
can grow it. Cuttings of Cottonwood,
seeds of soft maple planted iri 'Juoe,
black wtlnuts covered three or four
inches deep in ihe fall, grow with suf
prisin rapidity. - Very many farmers
have plauted tm ill groves near their
dwellings, but they don't bpgin to real
ize the vast importance ot toe timoer
,f 7 1 m- l 7- -
question. Une jounn oj au sieurasnu
Territory has as much good land thai
can be so cheaply obtained, l nave
never seen anywhere a population
more orderly aad intelligent. .The
State is settling very fast, and land is
rising. Improved farms, in good lo
cations.can be bought for from ten dol
lars to twenty-five dollars per acre.i
. . Nebraska is a new Slate. .Thirty
town have sprung up cn her Missoun
border; Fremont and other places of
large expectation, growing , to , iLe pa
cific railroad ; Lincoln, hert extempore
capital with eight hu.idred inhabitants,
is selling city lots on the wide prairie;
Eastern Nebraska has many cultivated
farms, and & few adventurous settlers
are scattered through the interior ; but
in the main the. Sttate is one vast un
mown meadow. has very Utile waste
land.no marshes too wet; and few hills
too steep to jdow. Bordering most of
her streams are rugged biuffs.or banks,
rising thirty, fifty or one huodred feet
high ; and taking all the shapes matter
is capable of assuming. From these,
stretching away ia the distance, are
the grass-covered" prairie?, gently un
dulating like , tb3 - rweil of a mighty
ocean, and presenting in their varied
outlines landscapes of surpassing beau
ty and magnificence. This 13 Ne
braska. H T. B,
. . . , II
STATE OF KEBRA6K1.
Fout Kubsit, Neb . ?
Dccn.bLr31. 1S(?8. $ .
Ed' Kepcblican:
Dear Sir -. I have noticed in your
paper the comui'inicatious of "Ajax '
and ;W A. P.. ' your worthy Brown
villa ' corre-pondent, on the S ate of
Nebraska with its good and bad lands.
The 'article by "Ajax" is much to be
commended by every true Nebratktn;
but the criticism ihereon by your
Brownvdle correspoi dent were only
just and timely. "Ajax" has uninteu
tionally underrated some portions cf
Nebraska. If wa were ali to be gov
erned bv what we hr.ve heard of Ne
braska in the pasi, she would be far ii.
the background ihdeed. "Ajax" ha
undoubtedly been governed by what be
has heard from men who have no in
terest, iu Nebraska, and who, even as
the present time, will make such re
marks as "I wouldn't give a cent an
acre for the whole of Nebraska-'" or,
I wouldn't lake the whole of the
Platte ValUy gift." G-li re
marks are often'imes heard. It is well
known, too, that ihe eastern id-a of
Nebraska inyr-ars gone by was that ii
was a barren. audy desert. Having
resided corutnntly in the sou.hwettern
p.irt ot Nebraska ftT ihe past thirteen
years. I can coi.fi lewly spetk of the
quality of the land, the climte and its
general tapibili for seuWmeut.
The tand' hills near Fort "nr
rev." scokeii cf by "Aiax" in his arn
cle. nreonlv a nnrrow.trip tkirting the
Vnlbiv of the Platte. .as the bluffs seen
. ' j . -:a r .Ul.
a i tne ea;tern anj we.-iciu twe ui mr-
river at Omaha an I other places on the
Mieenuri Pier. skirt the Missouri Val
ley. Everyone knows that these bluff:
rally can not te cuitivai u,
though stock can craze among mem
and where timber is scarce trees can ub
t lanted so they are not entirely use-
less.' So U is in tne vicmuy oi
nev and other ram of the Platte Val
Ifv. The vallev is rich . enough, and
iK rntinirv sr.uih of the hills is rich
rd
should forthwith be planted to forest
..kUincry & DremaltinSi I tries. There is some mistake in the
dispals M.a-r. i rjnaKing up oi any country wnuuuw iim
it needs mending ; tut I am not sure
fceeiTed 7. ri,. itihbonfi.elvU,lrea nnmt 1hrm
' 1 : . I f w. its m rt 1
enoou icr oil r,13 UI1U jiujw ana
u
vegetables. ' '
Mnnv have heard of ih large her
of buffalo. that range io the vicitJiiiy cf
Kearney These buflVo would net be
in' the country here if , it were not for
ihe rich pastures of grass JandVvner
on th?y feed and grow fat. Hundreds
nf thousands of buHalo have been gra-
zu g between the Tlattj and Ueputli
can rivers for several years past . .
.These same "sand hills" are mostly
covered with good grass, although not
8o rank and pood a in ihe vnl!y; and
I am ctnfidei.t that good .been will
grow in most of that "sand hill" soil
a product that at a lime not .far, distant
1 fullv believe will bring much wealth
to the people of Nebraska.'
of tons of .uncut hay is burued up or
ies to rot every v ear: " U e have some
of the grandest fires here every spring
and fall lhai are seen, any where, ana
it is a positive Jfact that if nothing grew
here there would be nothing to burn.
Between Kearney and' Cottonwood
Springs iri the country lymj between
the Republican and Plane rivers, there
are larce groves., of fine cedurr . from
which groves i ort Kearney ana nu-
hersou and the ranches which lay be
tween have been built. 'Parallel with
he Platte, at about from 40 to 50 miles
distant, meanders the Republican river,
supplied with its thousauds ef creeks
and streamlets, all oi which are fed by
housands of gurgling rprings issuing
from the rock abounding the Rills skirt-
nrr ihe Republicin Valley. The Re
publican is a well wooded stream; its
wocds abounJins.. with, walnut,, oak,
ash. cdar, Cottonwood, acd other valu-
ble trees There is plenty o' gooa
lime stone not ov r forty miles from
vearney, and coal has been discovered
also. Uame. is abunnaut, - consoling
mostly of buffalo, elk, deer, antelope.
urkeys, and many other varieties. At
one time a party went out irom Kear
ney, were gone but a few 'days, and,
returning, brought back 125 turkeys,
hot down from on their perches on the
reesrby th light of ihe moon. .....
Wood Iliver, JLlm creeK, uunaio
Creok and Loup river are north of
Ke irney and art all well .wooded
treaiii!, although much wood is being
ut for the use of , the Union. Pacific
ai'road.. The valleys tf these
stream anu tne unas aoioining arc mi
apable of cultivation. ''"'' ;
Thi culture of the beet win ne one
of the . Inaditur features of agriculture
n NebraJka befere very. long, and es
pecially when the sugar maouiaciuring
rocess is simplified so mat sugar can
be made from beets on a man s own
farm as easily as syrup is made from
rghuro. The beet will grow where
iher things will not. When, the sea-
on is unfavorable to the raising of corn
or small grain, thi beei will I e a suc
cess especially in loose soil, or such
as is deeply plowed. Although gros-
hopprs have visited u?, and we nave
had drouth fot the past two 'years, 6l
we have had very good small' grain
raised in ibis vicinity, and some very
good corn, but .f oOr.roi a. Kuwti
n previous years. . l uo not uuutipaie
uch drawbacks again tor a long time.
Ali lands are incidental to uroutns,
or two vear3 nothing was raised in
Colorado, but the third year doubled
everybody's expectations, and ihe hrt
est of produce was raised Notwi'.h
6;anJir.g - the severe drough of last
summer and ihe grasshopper s raid, 1
ave specimens of very fair wheat.
oais and corn that was raised three
miles west of Fort Kearney., .
The mistaken ideas in regard to
Nebraska I trust wilt'soon give way to
more correct and truthful ouea. It is
not desired to praise Nebraska oer-
much, but it must have . the credit to
which it is justly due., immigration
will soon settle up the valleys of INe
braska. Industrious people will plant
their trains, vegetables; fruits and tim
ber trees. . The future farmer tf Ne
braska will no more bi without nis
planting and crop of variegated .trees
than he would be without his corn,
wheat, potatoes and beets for feed and
sugar.
To make us harmonious, prosperous
and harrv as a people, we must get rid
of sectional feelings and jealousies'
TWivplfarit of one and all must be
considered ia alt' measures of - public
ii-iTilv.' : One 'great measuref jf the
general public weltare tenaing. in ui
diretticu must be the bui'ding:of four
or five oiiGges across tuc a -lauB i..,
nt distances of '.40 or 50 miles' apart,
e'-pecially it ( such prominent points ag
Plattsiaouih,'' Fremotit,-.: ' Columbus,
Hrand Island and Kearney.' uy the
time these bridges would be built there
would be' greater necessity
i'Aia there is now
hbweve
ft ATIJU A IV 91 A I CV
The far-famed 'Robert Houdin can
not be oatisfied with his ; legitimate tri
umps before an audience, but occasion
allv does a neat thing for his own
amusement, very much to ihe surprise
of all who may happen to be present, i
On Saturday last, while passing an
itinerant, vender of . cheap provisions,
Mr. Houdin suddenly paused and in
quired: '. . ..
"How do you sell eggs, auntie?";
Dem 'eggs?" was the response,
"dev am a picayune apiece fresh too,
de last one ob them; biled 'em myself
acd knows dey's fust rate' . ';
"Well, I'll try 'era," said the, magi
cian, as he laid down a bit of fraction
al currency; "Have you pepper and
salt?".; , ;. i ! !.:. '
"Yes, sar, dare dey is sua .the sable
saleswoman, watching her, customer
with intense interest. -
Leisurely drawing' oat a neat little
pen. knife, Mr; Houdin proceeded very
quietly to cut, the, egg exactly io half,
when suddenly a bright, new twenty
five cent piece was discovered lying
imbedded in the yolk, apparently as
bright as when it first came from the
mint. Very coolly the great magician
transferred thv coin to hs vest pocket,
and, -taking up another egg. iuquired:
"And how much do you ask for this
egg?' ' ' - '' '' "
"De Lord bress my soul! Dat egg
De fac am,- boss dat; egg am worth a
dune, thuah! ., -.: i
"All right.r was the response,
" there's ycur dime; now give me the
egg." -'' ' ! '.'
tseparaung it with an exact precis'
ion which ilia colored woman watched
most eagerly, a quarter eagle was care,
fully picked cut of the center of the
egg and placed in the vest ; pocket of
the operator, as before. The old wo
man was thunderstruck, ' as well she
might have been, and her customer had i
lo ask her the price of the third egg
wo or three limes before he could ob-.
la in a reply.
"Dar's no- use talkin', mars'r," said
the bewildered old darkey. ! couldn't
let you hab dat are egg, no how, for
less than n quarter, 1 declare to the
Lord I can't. j- u
"Very good." said ll111' w.hose
imperturable features v6 olemn
hi u umienaKer. -tuere is yourquur
ter, and here is the egg. - All right.
A he opaned ihe. last egg, a brace
of five dollar gJd pieces were discov
ered snugly deposited in the very you,
and jingling them merrily together in
his palm, the savant coolly remarked:
f . i IT .t
"Very good eggs, inaeeo; l ramer
iU ihpm and. while l am aoout It, 1
believe I'll buy a dozen. ' What is the
price?" '", - ' i"'"'
I'say price, "screamed the amazed
daughter of Ham. "You couldn l buy
dem eggs, mars s, tor ail tne money
yoii's got. 'No! dat you couldn't. I'se
orwine to take dem eggs an nome, i in,
and da'i money in dem eggs all belongs
to tne. It does dat. Couldn t sen no
more ob dem egg no how. ,
Amid the roar of the spectators, ihe
. ': A CUTE YAXIiEE.
'Andy: Cummins, who used to live
out near Frammgharo, was a '-cute
down easier'' a real live Yankee,
bard to beat. He was once in a coun
try barroom 'down South," where
several gentlemen were assembled,
when one of them said:
"Yankee Cummins, if you'll go out
and slick your pen-ktife into anything,
when you come back I'll tell what it's
stickin' in." ' ' f
"Yer can't do no such thing!" re
cponded Cummins.
- TJ1 bet ten dollars of it." answered
the southerner
Total Abstinence. A young lady
who was a firm advocate of total absti
nence, when riding from her' father's
county seat to a neighboring- village.
met a young man on foot who was car
rying a suspicious looking jug. She at
once reined in her ; horse and , asked
him what he had in that jug. Look
ing up with a comical leer," he' limply
winked one eye and smacked his lips,
to indicate that it contained something
good. - The . young lady supposing he
meant alcohol, immediately began to
talk .temperance; but her auditor re
quested the privilege of first askiogher
just one simple question. "What is
Wal, I rather guess I'll take that it?'' she inquired. "It is this. Why
ere bet! Here, captain" (turning to
the landlord,) "hold stakes, and 1 11
just make half a saw horse in less than
no time.' ; u, . : r '.
. The parties deposited anX apiece,
and Cummins went on his mission, but
in a short time he returned, saying:
is my jug like your side saddle; she
could not tell. "Iijs because it holds a
gall on," said he .." What trifling! ex
claimed the indignant young lady, and
then continued, 'Young man. do you
not perceive " "Jucl one more ques
tion," interrupted her auditor, "and
.v.l nni(rhW. what is it sticking I ihen I'm done. Why ii my jug also
in?''.'' n'e the issembly-room of a female
"In the handle," replied the south- seminary at roll-call?" "I'm sure I
trner, holding out his hand for the do not know," petulently replied . tha
stake,. - young lady. "Well, il is because it is
"Guess not; jist wait a minute," said full o'lasses;' said the incorrigible au-
the Yankee, as he held op the handle ditor The fair lecturer touched her
of the knife, minus the blade. "1 kal- spirited horse wiih her whip, and wis
kiiate the blade can't be in the handle, soon out of hearing af the rude young
when it's driv clean up in an old stump I man s laughter.
aside of yer road out ihare.
Cummins, of course, won me wager,
and the Southerner sloped for parts
unknown, amid roars of laughter.
' Paste that will Keep a Yeah.
Dissolve ' a tablespooful of alum in a
quart of water. WThen cold stir in as
much flour as will cive it ihe consis
tency of thuk cream, being: particular j independence.
Tit roa Tat. At an intended wed
ding in Providence, just as the cere
monies were to begin, the bride sud
denly called upon the groom to abjure
tobacco on pain of forfeiture of wed
ding bliss, etz., which he refused to do
and then and there taking a fresh
quid from his tobacco box, to show his
Whereupon the young
to beat up all the lumps, and stir in as
much 'nowdered rosin as etrnd on a
dime, and throw in half a dozen cloves
to give it a pleasant odor. Have on
the fire a ttacupful of boiling water,
pour the flour mixture into it, stirring
well all the time. In a very few min
utes it will be of the consistency or
musb. Pour it into an earthen or cbi
na vessel; let it cool; lay a cover, on
and put it in a cool place. .When
needed for use, take out a portion and
soften it with warm water. .Prir,,!5:
inaue in . . .. -e iuuuiuo. .
better than gum, as it does hot gloss
the paper and can be written upon.
General Edward IL Stoughton, late
of New York, died recently at Boston,
lie is the same who was captured by
Mosby in 1863, and abojl whom Pres
ident Lincoln is said to have remarked:
"I don't mind the brigadier I" can
make a new one any time; but I'd
like to get those horses back they cost
$125 a piece. , The writer was m
Stoughton's brigade at the tune. . Ihe
General was young, handsome, ednca
ted and brave enough, but was unpop
iaay iook out a oaiaiy, pox, "tocic h
chew" amid the applause of the guests,
and ordered the clergyman to go
ahead; this was too much for the groom
who fled the scene, leaving the girl tri
umphant with a piece of licorice in her
mouth. . . - ;': .' ?
On a certain occasion, a noted infi
del borrowed a sum of money from the
late Dr. Lathrop, of West Springfield.
Mass. When he came to pay it, he
thought to pose the doctor by argument
: "You ought not to takt interest for
this money, for the Jews were forbid
den to take usury."
'Oh! no," said the djctor, "you for
get. The Jews were indeed forbidden
to take usury from ther own people,
but they were allowed to take usury
from the heathen. -
that nualiiv which sold ers . know
abhor as "red tape." At the time oi uis
capture he was at his, headquarters,
which were located several raiies away
from his command, for the reason, as
ik.ir )oi;ciii ' ihal' h rnnlil subsist
benighted African started for her dom more comfor"lably there. He was a
icile to ; "smash lem. eggs .but .wiih ,.- vr b nrofession. and a son of a
prominent Vermont politician.
Briclt Pomeroy'a paper in New York
is so nearly on its last legs that the
- .... . ,..
managing night and city eaitors win
leave it this week. The opinion in
Printing House Square is that Pome-
roy has at last discovered bis mistake,
... . r i 1
,i ,nh. s.,npr.hUndance of and that tne notoriety . or nis journal
O . . - i I nninrr naeaorl ati'tiV Via Will lOnn hA
a livs 1 o a . -
JJUata ( Ga,) JVew. Era.
A few days ago a Milwaukee paper
nronosed. and proposed it seriously, it
is said, ihe name of Robert E. Lee for
a place in Grant s cabinet, paying x.ee parchment by Mr. G.- W. Scriv
a flaming compliment for his pure and reSpondif)?: eecretary, and will
Printers'. Grant .and Colfax
Club. This club have prepared a
"Congratulatory Letter" to Gen. U. S.
Grant, which has been engrossed on
Scriver, cor-
remain
Christian.cbtracter. - This brought out oq xhiblton al Mr. Benj. Da Wolff's
an.
obliged to discontinue its publication.
He claims, however, that its success is
assured. . , . - : ' ; ' ' ; -
A clergyman having preached du
ring Lent in a small town in which
he had not once been invited to dinner;
aid in a sermon exhorting: his parish
ioners against being seduced by the
prevailing vices of the age, "1 have
preached against every vice' but luxu
rious living, having had no opportunity
of observing to what extent it is carried
on in this town." . ;
In Westerly, R. I., a Missionary
had painted on ibe fences, "What shall
For them
er; "t'at this " subject he agitated
it may 1 be impressed on ' .the
- i . f,m T.irio " j - . i had naintea on me iences, tvaaisuaii
ctfuiiy announce to the Ladie. fcut t easier to supply forests where
,vie!u,.h.ockroi HwVnter you want them than to remove them from
f flower, UiDBonis, ei,
. We will eel line cheapest fowl
acoorouioilate ail our
iivuli. eonsiattnjr
trlmmlnjts, Ac, Ac.
yeraoldinthiscity
o
saw on
Platts-
myMt
ruaonabl.
W.w.Hi'i 1 T . nciar'j farm npar
mouth, fifiy thousand black walnuts, a
vear old. growing fine'y; be expected
m nlant es manv mere this fall, lpre-
. I Hirt that Je0raSKO Win ujirw nmrai
ANU and manufacture lumber for the JVeuj
York markets No crop will pay her
n wpIL Bv plowing two-thirds of her
surface, and planting the other third to
.rpp. she will grow more grain and
grass than by cultivating ihe whole.
Tr are earth's great regulators;
kronHnrr the. force of ausure winds,
V..nl..nr. tt-io rlrtr nir salubrious, distill-
IllU&lUg "
inn- ppntle showers, keeping ihe nvu
lei alive throughout summer beat
transforming the parched deserts litfo
frniiful tree.
Good water ia generally obtained by
digging a fair depth, and stocic are
watered without much difficulty at the
streams and sloos
U'Kl mna nnrprna mv renders tO
I I iiu M" J - l
know, Nebraska has yrt millions of
acres of excellent land subject io entry
tinder the 'homestead or by pre emption.
I doubt whether any other State or
HEALTH G0MF6art
ECONOMY,
3 REASONS FOR BOARDING
GEO. W. COIiVIN,
nir STREET - - - PLATTSM ODTH
OS-T .MoeM aofthWe.t of Mck Scnool-Hoaae.
sa that
The alkaline11 lands spoken or cy miods of our legislators at iub poujuug
... '.ua im.irinfirv. I .know .-;r, nf ih Ktate Lemsiature. iu
S JL c 1 c .nuw i5-. . i Dtcoiwu .- . .
.Klnn. nf tha irinri- Tha lands be r .or,BrlincT ftP the DttatO ftDQ
tween the Piatte and the Kansas State pjatte country by bridges s one of the
irvo . mntlv rrood fern e lands, and mr.t imrjortant if not the mosi impor-
J O - . 4. . ' . . . : r r, 1. 1 - - T I
as fit for farming purposes as is ir.o-t I tajt conslderation tor our otate legisia
nf ih rrairi land of Missouri. Iowa 1 ,'" The1 matters of railroads, ed uca-
and Illinois. . ' - - " -.'" '' ! ' lion, agricultare, ;. and arboriculture,
Tha tmrl lands of Nebraska, occupy m,,i receive a due share or aueuiio.n
but a small portion of the State near by them; hat the bridgibg of the Platte
its f.nfthftrri KrtiinilrV- VifttWGPIl ihe ud-m chni ld ha attended to before all else,
per waters of the Loup and L'fcaa qui vaB ft j3 seemingly the greaiesi puoiic
Court rivers. Instead of one third ot r measure required tor tne oiaie. oi . e
M.i r.ci, rtrifi finO OOO acres, being I v.rLa at ihe nreseat time."' ' '', ; -
X.WIBU, W , - - ' . " I ' . - f.. ! ' -,
1... .ll.otir.o onrl hurl lands." 1 VCD-1" 1 t.'a f vears our VOUD2 ClBie vriu
aauy , " r .1 " j . w .. ....
turo to assen mat nut uuc uaiccm- oe tne cemci i - t-
-t4f Kaa SA TU HOUSE, free to putrons Lie
TTE ha ,.-, ed. and hi- price are
11 rwmir--"',;;.,... UnivSo niaiL
Capt. D. UBOO & CO.,
Wholesale ana ReUil Dealer iu
Wines and Liquors,
Also a very choice selection of
Tobacco and Cigars,
Main streit, wood door east of Seymour House,
Nebraska City, Jiebraska. -Are
juat reeeiTing a new etock f i''rn",',
troo direct from BouaUoneonnty, Ky., Bitters,
ete. mjlSw
Hubbelhan bid and rromment citizen
rf Wisconsin, which c oseavwilu me
fa lowioc words oi cuter, irony: out
if we must .have the first and noblest
man in the. rebe Confederacy . placed
in mir Presidents - cabinet, let , him
" f . w . T . " -. , ,
march to,bis hign powuon sunaoiy t
toriilpd: call un from the battlefields
the three hundred thousaud Union. sol
diers who died that their country might
jive; place their gory and ghastly forms
in decent coffins, and arrange them, in
line, four hundred miles of continuous
corpses, and invite . General Lee te
cass this line in review on his way to
. ..i .t' ' . . u ri
the capital; men -sumuion tuc 4C,"" myor-
government hung for. doing, the duty Two
assigned him by his pardoned superi- went
ors and let him act as escort;; and,
i.dlv rail frnm their homes the mil-
IBSHJI
lions of mourners ibe fathers, moth
r. wives and children of the coffined
heroes and let. them' look upon the
first and noblest man of the rebel con
federacy, while their eyes are yet red
with weeping, and i salute the Cabinet
Minister while tbeirvoices are. yet
softened with sorrow.' ,
calling
nia avenue, until Saturday. next, i .The
design and penmanship renects credit
upon the gentleman who' executed iu
It will oe presemeu to utu. uiui
next week, immediately after his re
turn from Philadelphia. Washington
Chronicle. .
medicine man added:. "Use bit
tars." The evangelist retorted .by
printing under "Use- bitters,
another place, the words, "Then pre
pare to meet thy Godll . .
in
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There is an Irish superstition that
ih breath of a child who never beheld
Mayor Hall, of New York city, has 1 lhe face 0f li9 father, charms i away
issued bis first general order, which di,ease. Irish children, accordingly,
was. to the effect that nereatier tne whose fathers ciie before their birth.
prefix of Honorable was not to be used are 1Q demand even in this country.
in connection with his name or office. (jjey are frequently called In from the
Communications arenotto.be addres- street, or from school, to "breath on
sed to his horor, but simply to me lne face 0f the baby." - ' '
hundred stalwart men lately
. . . IkT
into Westchester county, nw
York to hunt wild ddeks. They were
successful' The average per hunter
was one .two hundredth part of a duck;
time, one day..
part of Nebraska can be considered in
that cateorv. I have recen ly oeen
up the Platte Valley as far as JNorm
Platte, and I find as good sou mai iar
west as there is east of t ort Kearney
In the vicinity of Fort McPherson
thousands of tons of hay were cul on
graphically 'the central State of ihe
UniorC Its politics and wise iai-s, its'
progress in virtue, morality ana sec ai
science, will make it in adante!of nil
the other States-' As the twigSsbeni
the -tree's inclined" is Applicable to
Kriraska. Bv commencing our ca-
,wwv j
in
the north and south side of ihe river at reer right while the Slate is in us
Cottonwood Springs during the past youlh so it will be when it has arrived
summer. was there once in tne sum-1 at more:advancea years, tuc mui
J A ;n iha fall Anil PICD .a nf N(-hrUani De "HiXCeiStOI Iu
,Ti u r Mini mien ill .u u ...... i ... w i a, WW.
" " - . . I . . . .
Van nro.cpa wpr turnin? OUt ovprvlhinrr that li gOOd
Lllll. iue iJ " " I ' . j a . w ,
baled hay (that was cut from the wild
prairie) at the rate of vuo bale every
five minutes, each bale weighing from
200 to 300 pounds. The land is as
fertile in the vicinity. of Fort Kearney
as it is at McPherson,' and' thousands
beautiful.
and true and
M. II- S.-
When Haddock's wife kicked him
nut of bed. he paid. ."Look here, now:
if you do that agsin, it will be likely to
a .' I .
cause a coldness m m s lamuy.
. Aivounp ruaa from college
nn a ladv. and bing asked by the ser
vant' what name the should give her
mistressl replied. "Amicus, (the Lat
in for "a friend." The girl hesitated
a moment; and then asked, "what kind
of a cuss, sir?" ;The young - collegian
then pave bis name, and resolved to
D
stick lo Enelisa thereafter. '
I The Nashville Banner has a coiumn
to show that though it'ia devoutly to be
wu-hed yet it is not likely that Grant
will Tylen?e. ! It believes that be wil
administer the affairs ef lhe Govern
meet in obedieece .to the principle
avowed at Chicago, rather than in ac
cordadce with the New York platform
Very likely. " 1 1 L -
A "Frenchman writing a letter
English to a friend, and looking in the
dictionary for the word "preserver,"
and finding it meant to picnie, wrote a
follows: "May you and your lamuy oe
pickled to all eternity.
A housemaid who was to call a gen
tleman to dinner found him engaged
in using a tooth brush. ; "Well, is be
coming?" said the lady of the house
as the servant returned. " X es, ma aro
directly," was the reply.
sharpening his teeth.
He's jist
A drunken man having vomited into
a basket containing goslings warming
by the fire place, exclaimed in consier
nation, "My God, wife, when'd 1 swal
ler them things!
Alaska contains about 370.000,000
acres and was purchased at a little less
than two cents an acre.
The first Methodist church was erec
ted in Bath, in England 129 years ago.
n twenty-two days from the laying or
the first stone . the ; building was up,
enclosed and filled with worshippers.
A Canadian, who wished to marry a
young girl promised her that his wife
and two children should not be. an ob
stacle to their union. He oon after
killed them all, and the girl is now the
chief witness against him.'
Mavor Roberts, of Omaha, basjoin-
ed the Good Templars, Mayor Dall.of
St. Joseph, is a most ardent advocate
of temperance. . - -:. - -
A drunken fellow being taken to the
station house the other day on a charge
of assault and battery, and asked if the
charge was true, replied H-hhow
can I tell, t-t till I hear the evidence?"
The wife of a wealthy New York
merchant, highly educated. and a fine
writer, has been recently arrested ihre
times m Poughkeepsie, while in a state
of beastly intoxication.
Wine, Beer and Whisky," is the
Rumseller's sign. ; Interpreted Sia,
Crime and Death."
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